I am just getting started in my real estate journey and I want to learn more/practice underwriting deals! 

Cash flow is generally better with the MFs from what I have seen though, and you eliminate a portion of the risk as far as vacancy factor is concerned - so that is a good consideration to think about.Pretty standard practice I have seen these days amidst Covid is for the tenant occupied properties to require contract before showing, just to eliminate a lot of in-and-out out of respect for the tenants and their families.

I am currently looking for multi-family in my area in attempts to practice analyzing deals, and My real estate agent knows my goals and sends me some listings.

Have you started practicing some of these skills such as underwriting?

I can legally pass referral fees out like they are candy to any licensee (They never have to show a house or put up a sign, pay for MLS access or join a board, just be licensed by the state to practice RE).

So in my position I am planning on doing this with my lines of credit, but instead of paying all cash upfront, I am going to pay 20% down so I can do 3-4 properties simultaneously and scale much faster.

But, I feel at same time some items can be discussed on a broader sense as best practice etc (like how you've set up/manage the LLCs). 

Typically I would coordinate with the existing tenant and have 1 or 2 open houses, however with social distancing and being respectful to hygiene practices that seems impossible. 

Is it common practice for the landlord to handle this?

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