I've been working with a firm that offers legal services to real estate investors for close to a year now and have slowly become a convert to the idea of real estate, looking to dive in personally and build up a portfolio over the next several years (I am living in northern Minnesota.)Other than second-hand experience I don't know anything about real estate.

I've posted the NJ "Truth in Renting" link many times. https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/codes/public...You cannot ever unilaterally end a lease in NJ, even a MtM.

Both are good services.

Since then, I've done a lot of listening to BP podcast, reading BP publications, and LOTS of scheming. 

Make sure he doesn't have a written agreement to provide service.

The key in my opnion is a great dependable support staff, namely your cleaning service.

The USGS has monitoring points for those concerned about river and stream levels, and the National Weather Service also provides graphs using data from the USGS.

There may be sites or services that will give you a vacancy number.

The town is doing a lot in terms of development/ improvement of public spaces. 

Also, other properties that I love in booming cities are maxi-storage or light industrial buildings that contractors or service providers can call home for their businesses.