I like Kansas City and Missouri in general, but I am still looking around.I am really looking for people in Seattle to talk to about investing away from our home town, what works, what doesn't, what questions should I be asking about these properties, etc.Thanks for reading and really excited about being a part of the community.Russ

With one of them, who applied, it ended up with him asking me to prove I owned the property and going over the lease with a fine-toothed comb (after he missed a couple of deadlines to get things back to me, I moved on and denied him).I figured the facts that 1) prospective tenants see the property and can talk with the current tenants to ask about the property and me, and 2) that they have to submit an application and go through a credit and background check, and 3) that I was using Cozy to collect payments and 4) that I am available by phone, email and text whenever they want, would be enough to make people comfortable that they are not getting scammed, but it was apparently not enough for some people.Does anyone have any tips to help prospective tenants feel more comfortable dealing with you from afar and not feeling like they are getting scammed?

I was working on verifying while talking here as well . . .

Is anyone still available to talk about Single Family homes in Inglewood?

One month is a pretty fast turnabout on that much of an increase, unless we're talking $2k-$2300.

We've discussed it with a few prospective tenants and they seemed genuinely happy about the suggestion.If you want your landlord to start reporting your payments to help build/solidify your credit, I think you should talk to them and see what options they can come up with.  

My main concern at starting all this is talking to people.

I've become interested in real estate after talking with a friend about how to get more cash flow.

I see people getting smashed every day when I talk to investors. 

Talk to property managers, call for rent signs and talk to the landlordsHope this helps!