I was interested in other people's personal stories on how they were able to attain some of their early on rental properties with no and low money down. 

I'm personally looking at the 2-4 space right now as I think there should be good opportunity there to make the numbers work in high-value markets

The complaint was that we gave an apartment to a family and not her (single person). 

Other times you see a person do a single post and ghost their own post.I am in two other forums that are dead or dying.  

Hi there, 
I'm just getting started and looking to learn more. Does anyone know of useful meet-ups or events in New York City? I'm not necessarily looking to invest in this area (probably upstate), but looking to mee...

Even if the property is not currently on the market, it will show you a lot of info that I personally find important.

Has anyone hired someone on payroll to oversee their personal portfolio?  

In my personal opinion, that's kind of the way wholesaling is able to work though.

I am thinking Des Moines may be a good place for me to start for some personal and professional reasons.

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.