Gives you time to go do more deals and get more contracts accepted for the next one. 

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

I do the same as John...

If the numbers work, the numbers work.

Is the same thing happening in the neighbor's homes? 

Is this the case for all states?

Who gets blamed for and/or has to handle the following unique to nonfamily roommates:1) Missing personal possessions?

Firstly, becoming a multifamily agent is a fantastic way to learn the business first hand while making some cash in the process.

What are you hoping to get out of the extra time, work and costs of having the LLC?

This is the case in a few states.