Hello @Will Porter ,Having an informational interview with (multiple) property managers is essential.

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In the best studies, the ones that are able to get around this issue by having bigger better data sets, the research suggests Section 8 rentals in an area actually increase both property values and rent, despite popular opinion pieces, such as this fear mongering story where the only expert interviewed is an eviction lawyer:  http://www.abcactionnews.com/marketplace/law-tv/se... .

Josh and Bryan interview a hard money lender and she talks about "down payments" and other scams shady lenders try to pull.

I'm not sure exactly what my first step needs to be, every book, every podcast interview people have slightly different methods.

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It can be a challenge, but you may want to make that one of your questions you ask as you start interviewing to find your next PM.

He is crushing international syndication and I am certain has some great insight into the additional challenges of global syndication.In the mean time...check out this interview I did with a world class syndication lawyer Gene Trowbrige to get a better feel of the syndication model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?