A great buyers agent will be able to help you fine tune your strategy, highlight market trends, knows where and what to look for, hook you up with the best lenders, inspectors, contractors, etc, get you the full background on a property and the sellers, knows how a particular property compares to other deals and what a great deal looks like, identify untypical risks and knows what to look for before you waste time and money on an offer & homeinspection just to cancel the deal later, get the lowest possible offer accepted, oversee the transaction and handle all the paperwork, including title work and appraisal, knows how to approach a short sale differently from a REO, negotiate inspections and repairs successfully and help you make more money, safes you time and lower your risk every step of the way.Sounds like you signed with someone who provides value by knowing lockbox numbers?

Safe travels.

I own a single family rental in Lufkin and I'm an absentee owner (maybe I'm even on @May Emery's list).Things haven't worked out that well for me and I'm thinking about selling my property so that I can buy something within driving distance from where I live.

Also, I live in Manhattan and don't have a car, making it hard for me to drive for dollars in other boroughs without renting a car (costly but a possible route).

SFH rentals different story comps drive more the sales price..

But they make it HELL for everyone else and drive the cost of ownership WAY up.No one wants to own one of these over the long run.

Looking for come clarification on the Philadelphia Lead Safe requirement. 

Preferably driving distance maybe a couple of hours away 

Let them become homeowners and then they can drive as many 4 inch steel bolts into their own shingles & decking as they like. 

Playing it the safe way I would have the city come out and tell me what needs to be fixed.