I door hang them and look up the owners of record and use skip trace to get phone numbers emails or other contact information.

I try to be cordial and brief, but his issues have become increasingly bothersome.He now believes he is the victim of a serious crime, often calling to tell me the police are coming over (which they never do), or asking if I see a specific car on the street because he fears they are there to harm him.

Economic / Financial Indicators to Watch:Stocks have had a fantastic run this year, up 10% and up 23% the last 6 months.

Too much information that an agent brings, could save me thousands in the long run.

Hi all,Running through metrics on some properties that are fully paid off.

I have found that this can bring it down from potentially 60 people to maybe 6-7 qualified applicants who are actually going to show up to a meeting to view the unit and then I go from there as to which 1-2 I am going to start with as far as running a background check on.

There's always a deal to be had somewhere.The point above about house hacking when you're highly leveraged being a more long-run game makes sense to me. 

Make sure you have the following:Great investor-friendly agentsMultiple contractors to run bids throughMultiple lenders and hard money lenders to quote you

By the time you add up the self-employment tax and administrative cost of running a property management business and filing a separate tax return for that business, you will not likely come out ahead.If you were providing property management services for other investors, that would be a different situation.

I tried it with just one property to start and am now phasing all my properties to it as their leases expire this year and my contracts with my PMs run out.