When you do speak with tenants by phone, keep notes of when the call took place and follow each call with an email to keep a trail of your communications.

I have some great tenants and to be honest when they step in even though the location sucks the units speak for themselves. 

I'm not necessarily speaking of financial gain only, but also time gained to do prefered things, wealth to pass on to children, etc?

There's always exceptions to these rules but here's some important things to consider:Generally speaking there are 2 main types of loans for investors: “Conventional” and “Portfolio”Conventional - I'll define these as loans that come from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (if you recognize those names).

I’m trying to expand my network as we speak because sooner or later like all of us i’d want to be a featured guest on the bp podcast but we all start somewhere!

You can likely get 500 different opinions on this question, but generally speaking, as a long time flipper who has made plenty of mistakes I try very hard NOT to repeat, buying on busy streets will hinder your buyers pool.

Speaking with a lender would definitely help! 

I have done plenty of research and would like to speak to someone one on one and hear their story.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

But, I cannot speak for your scenario.I have generally found that you get what you pay for with contractors.