Let's hang out and learn from each other. 4) Which other markets on the east coast I should take a look beside these 2?

Why not hang in to it for a bit and see which way the wind blows...not to mention you would switch to the cap gains rate after a year instead of ordinary income, and you might be able to leverage more if value goes up...which it could by increasing rents...

They're going to have to shed some light or hang on to the property until someone more gullible comes around.  

Then her cousin called in and proceeded to tell me that "this was his house and that i was to take it off the market" he was very rude and that he already knew where he was going to put all his furniture and where to hang his tv on the wall....."

Are there agencies where I can hang my license and function like this?

You will have to squeeze these activities in or use them as lead generating act, for example lunch, go where your potential clients hang out and just start to chat them up, they will soon begin to know you and regard you as one of their own people.

@Monique WilliamsonThere are many ways but the lowest hanging fruit is driving for dollars.

Pay off the debt so your DTI is lower and you don’t have that hanging over your head when you’re invested.

You need tenants who are profitable - not hanging on by a thread.  

I begged him to hang out for a minute while I go across the street to buy a new battery.