From the types of industry, employment rate, educational opportunites, training of work force, and family income.

It really matters not how long it takes me, you or anyone else, the important factor is that you do in fact "Do It"I think the common answer from most everyone so far is, get educated and then make sure you "Do It".

The people that Bank of America has employed to handle this task are underqualified and dense minded, most of them seem to be recent college graduates with degrees in Anthropology.

I'd be willing to bet that the second one is the more common story of the two.

I want to focus on working for property managers and landlords so I am trying to find out what the most common repairs or maintenance issues that you guys face is.I went to a trade school for 2 years and I have been working in building maintenance for about 7 years now so I have a very broad skill set.

There may be better rentals in other places in the country.Regarding financing, that is a hassle, when self employed.

Might check on the parking requirements as the concentration could be higher for multi-family.As Wayne mentioned you'll have a minor subdivision project changing the legal descriptions to a common lot, that can be political.

For co signers, I require social security number, employer and annual income.

I'm juggling a few balls and plan on getting with @Steven Hamilton II once I know status of employment.

So the common list providers like listsource only provides information on pending auctions (which does require public notices).So who are you marketing to if property owners facing foreclosure are not an option?