@Robert Medina Online presence is something I'd look into before setting up those appointments to interview, to save time and effort knowing that you are talking to someone who at least has a level of expertise.I tend to look at these things to start: What impression do they give you online (professional or not/resourceful or not)? 

@Sam Deb it sounds like you paid for a course from any number of "gurus" who disingenuously sold you on the narrative you can build a portfolio overnight with very little money by using high leverage alternative lenders.

The Court agreed that he qualified as a real estate professional even though he only had one property.

The purpose of the trip is to get a better understanding of the area as my cousin who has lived there has been my constant source of information and of course part will be to experience all the great things I have heard about Nashville.I was planning on looking at the following areas: Donelson, Bellevue, Whites Creeks, Madison, Charlotte Park, and Antioch.

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And he drove off.I called the sheriff but of course the officer that was dispatched never showed but called me up on the phone instead to say he was not going to intervene and I needed to evict.Here are the facts.

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We are open to single and multi family, although we’d prefer multi of course.

Does time taking care of (mowing/landscaping) and managing (keeping records, paying HOA dues, paying taxes) my vacant parcels count towards my 750 hours of being a real estate professional?

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