It's also common to encounter retail branch employees who are  not familiar with  the entities and various ownership structures real estate investors utilize since they are normally opening personal bank accounts.

What you pay with labor will depend on if for instance one of my units still has a good pad and tack and strip then I just pay for carpet and installation cost.What you will pay will also depend on how much you are installing at one time.I don't like Berber for rentals.The design of the loop once it starts unraveling it can unwind pretty good an dis harder to get certain stains and pet stuff out of it.With carpet you want a Nylon carpet even if the cheaper version.Some carpet guys will try to sell you the rubber composite carpet stuff which is the really cheap stuff so it will stand up to tenant abuse.The problem is it can only be cleaned usually up to one time and then you need to replace it again.So I would rather get a cheaper nylon that can be re-cleaned many times over after installation for an additional .10 to .15 a sq ft extra than the super cheap stuff I will have to replace again.If you get 1 sq ft for carpet,pad,tack and strip,and labor install and it is Nylon you are getting one heck of a deal.Even at a carpet place usually you are at .40 to .50 for the pad and .50 to .60 for a cheap carpet.Then you have to do material to install and labor.I have seen sometimes if you have to do a small area you can pick up quality remnant pieces for real cheap and hit that type of number or buy in bulk.

Looking at MKE real estate FB groups for investors, housing, and traveling professionals could help gauge demand as well

In the realm of real estate investing, encountering obstacles with leads and conversions is a common experience.

Since I'm planning to do this from out of state, I'm uncertain if this is a wise decision, especially since it's my first time venturing into real estate.

I purchased my first investment property in NC (previously properties were in California).

@Jerry Callow I'm originally from San Francisco and from what I've been seeing, it's only getting worse for landlords in CA.

Even in states where a license is required to broker commercial loans (California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona, etc.), you can legally pay a referral fee on a commercial mortgage loan, as long as the referring source does nothing more than call you with a name and phone number of a prospective borrower.However, if the referral source — say, a commercial real estate broker — starts to negotiate terms (rate, points, term, etc.), then he is working as a commercial mortgage broker.

Hello all, My name is Joyce and I am ready to get into the world of real estate. 

I'm a Real Estate Licensee who works in a very remote, fly-in access-only community.