Social Media is another good one.

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Although most, if not all, tenant issues may be handled without a social security number, one situation where it is required is when using a collection agency to collect on a judgement.Regarding your concern about re-verifying background checks with existing tenants, I do not believe this is commonplace.

Details: https://www.northidahorei.com/If you want to meet as individuals, I'm happy to do that in a socially distant way.

Should I keep the sellers engaged, and bring in one or more partners to participate in the deal?

From my experience in engaging dozens of agents, most don't have any understanding of what agency entails.

I came across this: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_dis...I have no law experience, but it sounds to me like there is some kind of Foreclosure Consultant License that you must obtain before engaging directly with any sellers in foreclosure in California.

I think it is very important to look beyond the hard data in screening tenants and also look at the soft data - such as, how they act in-person, their tendencies, social media, if their car is clean and things such as that.

*There are 4 other key tax advantages that you're missing:Medicare (1.45%) and Social Security (6.2%) taxes are not levied on rental income.

Those deals are often posted on Craigslist and sometimes on social media real estate buy/sell groups.Good luck!