From working with clients and having friends in Dallas you're not going to get a deal.

I served 21 years and wish I knew then what I know now.I think it's an excellent opportunity but I would also say you should be careful about what type of property you buy.

I don’t do any out of state investing myself yet, but I read t to get an idea about how to better serve my out of state clients.You’ll learn a lot in there but the basics seem to be to build a good team.

I recently took an out-of-town client out to look at 8- to 20-unit properties but instead of calculating the cap rate based on the asking price, we calculated the purchase price that would give my buyer an acceptable cap based on her own projections and interests.

When I get a new client, I will inspect, take pictures, and start marketing within a week.

I am busy with clients all the time so the website kind of gets put on the back burner sometimes."

Must be one of Mason's landlord clients that makes a quarter million a year but lives in a shack.

What is your plan to get your first client?

Relay the business plan of the project you are working on to him/her and she can help give you some perspective on what their clients have offered over the years. 

If a tenant 'disappears', it's usually because of financial issues and that they have already been served disconnect notices by the utility company and once power and heat get turned off, they figure that the game is over and move out, leaving a mess and broken pipes behind (especially in the freezing winter temps).