Treat your real estate like a business, take care of your properties and tenants, and protect your assets, just in case...These tenants just got awarded $1.6 million for a bed bug infestation that was not addressed promptly by the landlord: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/us/california-bedbug-lawsuit.html?

Usually they'll search for you online and if you don't have an online presence it'll be harder to build trust with them.

I purchased land and subdivided the land into separate lots with individual addresses.

Always pay on time except one credit card bill sent to his older address never got it.

I said you move to Charleston and I will put you into business.So I had my GC who I can trust 1000% and 30 some new builds later and still ascending here we are.and now he has 7 of his own houses going.. so not only has he done great for me he has established himself as a local premier builder in the area.. but again we are just small potato's in that market there are plenty of really big players there.. we are just doing these little infills.. so as it relates to private equity and building its pretty cool.Someone from out of Area who does not have a Troy like I do could easily end up like Nick the first guy I funded there lose money hand over fist.. but again Nick is rich water off a ducks back for him.. but it got me the beach head.

@Mike Hartzog  correct... in our world 2nds simply did not happen all first trust deed or mortgage lending and all collateral assignments of said.now my facility at Umpqua 4 million.. they would not actually record the assignment they just held it and we gave them an alonge'  they would only record if they were going after the asset.Riverview and Columiba community were I had the same facilities only larger they recorded everything so the transaction was a little more cumbersomeand of course we had to close the loan with our own cash then back fill.. much like a conventional lender who does table fundings then sells in the secondary market.. but once the machine was up and running it went well but it took staff to run.. that's for sure.

which is why ensure you do this strategy using synergy.... meaning in such a way that you can easily replicate it... and pivot this strategy towards another agent...Or super short term strategy Joe.Attend one of the multi family meet ups... and talk face to face.. to agents in these meet ups... and pick their brain, create that trust with them.Hope this helpsRome Wells

I especially enjoy when they use a gmail address. 

Research properties near yours that have tax bills going to an address different from the property.

Where am I able to access the national database of all property records for free (e.g. address, homeowner, zipcode, etc)?