We will be in the A-town next week, anticipating making it to a couple of REIA meetings and or investor meetups.

I don't anticipate on becoming a real estate agent, but I think having access to the MLS we be beneficial.

Homeowners Insurance - The HOI was a lot higher than anticipated.

If you do not like interacting with people and really going that extra mile to make people happy then you will be miserable in your efforts.

Almost all of your interaction is by phone and electronic communication, so it only matters that they are knowledgeable about real estate investing. 

PS -- The obvious first question I am anticipating is, 'Why did you buy this place knowing this was going on?

Whenever interacting with anyone, focus on overlap and what you share, be open, and be honest.5.

I would just say that NY/Miami would be forward economic indicators, so if I saw a slowdown in the NYC rental market, like I do now, I would anticipate a ripple effect through the residual markets surrounding the area, as personal experience is indicating.

I was wondering if everyone out there had any feedback/tips to improve the letter and/or interaction with the potential seller.

I anticipate that creating automated (or at least predetermined) systems to deal with foreseeable events (through education and trial and error) will be paramount to our keeping our REI from becoming too time consuming.