If you get a agent that is over confident yes, yes, yes agent with a low level of experience and not a lot of broker support deposits can be at risk, or worse unknowingly commiting fraud.

The park is an hour from his home and he broke his leg so could no longer travel there and he is elderly.

Perhaps the numbers look great but I'd prefer to go travel.

The goods ones have a quite, assured confidence about them. 

That is my collateral, I need to know that the property is done professionally, not my a guy that reads Handyman Magazine and who teaches math at the high school.There are contractors that have gotten in over their heads and screwed up a house and walked away, that's not a good position for any lender to be in.You need more than confidence and desire by a borrower to lend prudently. :)

I understand that’s not going to be a quick road but I do look forward to traveling it and beginning it in this next calendar year.

Also, my wife is a stay at home mommy and frequently travels an hour and 15 minutes back to Martinsburg to visit family and would be able to address any "non-emergency" problems the tenants have.

Good that you built in misc time though..I'm working 40hr/wk job, travel often for work, managing 6 units - bought, rehabbed and leased 5 units in last year.

All in all, it was a great learning experience and big confidence builder.

Travel time could easily be significantly larger than time used for detection.