Do you advise having my real estate agent verbally make these to the seller and then we put whichever in writing they prefer?  

Renting when you first arrive would definitely be preferable as you can get an idea of which location you would like to purchase in.

You will lose money on this (hopefully you have the minimal resources for it not to bankrupt you) and for the rest of your life you'll tell anyone who listens that real estate is just a bad, bad, bad investment strategy.You jumped into a very tight, very difficult, very high-risk niche specialty without studying it carefully, without having worked with a more experienced investor, without a network and a team in place, without giving yourself a real chance to go through the learning curve.

There are different dog breeds that are preferred for different issues.

I am looking for a bookkeeper for my property management business who is very familiar with Buildium and preferably someone in the Richmond, Virginia market.

I have roughly 12 units renting now but only 4 properties to keep records on, 2 duplexes and 2 quads, and with everything else going on I prefer that to having 12 separate properties.

One of my girls prefers to get paid at the 1st of the month and the other biweekly.

@John Chason in my opinion it would be Joe Fairless, Rod Khlief and Michael Blank in that order but it all depends on what niche you focus on. 

Would prefer to stay out of D class neighborhoods.Thanks everyone, and I look forward to seeing your responses.

As private lenders, we prefer this as it gives us more comfort that the purpose of the transaction is business purpose and we are not providing a loan for an individual's primary residence.