One of the requirements of the PM is that the rental licenses have to be in place before they will engage their services.

Most teams and brokerages have splits or compensation for agents working underneath them or along side them, so they have some financial interest in your success and are compensated for their time to teach you.

Sometimes I put my kid on the spot and say, "John here has $1,000 and he wants to know the best way of <<process>>," and sometimes my kids engage in conversation, and sometimes they sit quietly.

GC engaged in a VA construction loan process, does anyone have experience with this? 

We have been exploring some cities in Los Angeles county as well as riverside county some of the metrics we were paying attention to are population growth in the last year, median income and home prices, the unemployment rate as well as job growth, future job growth, and violent crime alongside with property crimes to start narrowing down on some potentials cities.

In hindsight, I wish I had engaged them before we started and built a relationship.

In hindsight, I wish I had engaged them before we started and built a relationship.

Knowing this, I had very few reservations about going in on this deal with him.I quickly noticed that my friend, and now investment partner, was not actively engaged in our investment.

Even when you want real estate information unrelated to the property they manage for you, they'll be more obliged to help you.More liability is passed on to them since they are the ones engaging the tenant.They are likely to screen tenants better than you can.They don't dictate rent increases, you do.  

No, we don't engage in affordable housing; quite to the contrary; at this point (after 15 years I should mention) we have been going up further in size and price point.