His fiduciary duty is to his client, not you.

I've in the past had clients fly into town for a weekend and allow me to put them in my car and give them a tour of the city - that's where you'll learn the most.

If it is in the "chunky middle" of the bellcurve price-wise and quality-wise then you could expect to have a low vacancy, but my clients who operate on the top or bottom of the bellcurve in terms of price OR quality often have tenants who average 10-11 months of the year. 

You have interesting goals - in a way similar to what I do currently (manage our SFR portfolio, rehab new acquisitions, GC for clients, build new for retail and working as an agent) - what I am finding is that I have too much going on and need to focus.After working in corporate for almost 20 years I am enjoying the freedom to start whatever project I find interesting if it makes sense and money.

Once they have a listing they are marketing this listing via phone/email to only their clients.

Here are some thoughts I always have for my service member clients:-Will you come back to Hamptons Road when you are done with your military career?

All the way from the first engagement with a potential client until everything is complete.

https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/new-law-makes-clear-c...This is a bit of a narrow niche, but this change impacts at least a half dozen of my clients (all of whom are prior military, and two of whom are REIs) - so I thought it worth posting here.In a nutshell - contractors working overseas were previously not eligible for the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) if they maintained an abode in the US.

Was also told from an accomplished RE friend to always stay close (w/in 45 min drive) as something will always go wrong and when things (economy, etc) turn bad, then you as the Property Mngr’s client will take a backseat to their priorities.

@Brendan Flannery I have two clients that buy rentals in Freeport, Lake Jackson, and Brazoria.