I'm much more careful about choosing tenants now, but I do feel like I was lucky that she just agreed to go so I was only out about 3 weeks' rent.

Whatever area I choose, I am planning to be a buy-and-hold investor.

Propert Management I checked with the company, there's a discount involved because of the size (and because of me).As for the television & phone utility cost, that's entirely for the telecom company and the tenants can choose their own service provider.

The podcasts are a good place to start, pick and choose the ones of interest and the library of informatin in the learn section is excellent.

:) Kidding aside, the property manager is the key person who will make or break your out-of-state investment so choose carefully.

Then you can choose what is best for you.

Review some of the old podcasts, the ones that are of interest to you, go into the learn section and pick and choose; attend the NYC meet ups' , they are announced on these pages or use your "keyword" tool to keep informed.

The best thing to do is just be very knowledgeable about the niche you choose.

And then from there, do they simply choose the tab that matches the reason for their visit?

If a broker chooses to join the association of realtors or mls there may be some rules to follow, but these are private organizations, they don't make law.