Many baltimore BP regulars show up. 

My rules include things like no shoes in the house, clean up after yourself, shared bathrooms must be cleaned regularly.

Preventive Tips:     - Regularly check and maintain faucets

Most of the investors are buy and hold people and you can get good info.I agree regular agents do not know much about investing, so I suggest to work with a realtor/ investor agents.Multi units around the colleges are mostly expensive these days in Baltimore City, actually multi units are over priced all over the Baltimore City these days, so just be carefult not to pay too much.Good Luck!!!

In this dream scenario, I have a decent house on the peninsula (which is already difficult to afford, even on an engineer's salary), I'd be living and raising a family with my lovely girlfriend Sammi (don't tell her I'm hoping to propose to her soon), and I'm regularly auditioning for professional shows up in San Francisco, and perhaps even New York occasionally.This won't be possible without a strong strategy and focus in real-estate.

Would you recommend foreclosure/shortsale /auction vs regular purchase?

No way are people spending $7 on a regular coffee when they walk into any pizzeria or chicken joint bargaining for a slice of pizza. 

Any list that you get in the future, try to 'match' it against the main parcel list ( most counties will release an update parcel list monthly, with updated owner/sales info, so update that county list regularly) in a manner like this                 bigger pockets is blocking this link so just add (  watch?

I understand you-all have to proteprotect yourself and your property but bad tenants also have good credit and get a regular paycheck. 

The FBI deals with hardened thugs on a regular basis, which is why they're so good at being FBI agents.