Wage laborers were also dependent; that was why Jefferson feared the development of industrial capitalism with its need for wage laborers.

The free leads you will get as a newbie will likely be the long shots and scraps nobody wants to put time into.Most of those never amount to a closed sale but some do.I remember way back when I did residential a trick was to go to new home subdivision developments and preview houses of different lots.

In Missouri, the attorney general has a guide:https://www.ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/publica...and in St Louis (where I own properties) there is a landlord guide:https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/...Tower Grove Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation has landlord training classes with different topics - evictions is the topic in March.

Many property managers I have met here are really eager to jump to me and say they would love to work with me and that they are the best.I was actually so frustrated that I had to develop my own company to help my clients and myself.

. :-) Certainly keep us posted as you develop your portfolio and definitely when you fire one of those bosses. 

Behind my relatives home is a new multifamily development of townhomes.

Blessed with a background in development coupled with working in planning, zoning, appraising, and home inspecting.  

I have over 16 years experience doing property management, asset management, acquisitions, dispositions, and development for large companies.

I have $700 to my name and growing (I'm a freelance software developer).

I also need to develop a great team - contractors, realtors, lenders, etc.