"Ive Heard " Schenectady requires you to get re-certified (ROP's) between every tenant.

For these reasons, the majority of individuals, usually real estate agents/brokers, who decide to start a property management business usually give up and clos shop within 12 months or less.Many of the problems may be alleviated by requiring property managers to be certified and have other credentials before they are allowed to provide property management services.

Send the a certified letter and request a copy of their current lease along with copies of their cancelled checks for their last 6 months of rent payments. 

I recommend and use contractors that have the accreditation as a Certified 203k Contractor.

You may also consider the option of getting certified as a property manager through one of several institutes that offer a comprehensive program in property management.

While it will be great to have this certified licensure under my belt I would also like to have a community to learn from that is doing actual real estate deals.

There is an online directory of contractors who have been independently educated, tested, and vetted for rehab loans and they earn an accreditation called a Certified 203k Contractor. 

@Ellen AlvarezI think your question relates to the fact that you feel that I experience, and perhaps lack of knowledge, led you to make a choice to purchase a property that has been financially unsuccessful and a drain on your resources.So, in answer to this you question if education can be obtained through guru seminars, and the hard sell mentoring programs pitched at these seminars.While knowledge can be gained, much of it is unusable, worthless or plain incorrect.A much better way is to take real estate courses offered by state certified educators used to obtain or as continuing education for real estate licenses.

We are required to give 7 days notice via Certified Mail which adds another 2 days (technically a 9 day notice) which expired, hence the Sheriff's log. 

When making offers, you can get a bank letter certifying you have xxx (offer amount) of funds or transfer to a new checking/savings account and show only that statement instead of showing a million dollar cash balance.