Tracy, I love your daily case studies, even if I don't yet understand everything you are posting about.

They deal with the contractors on a daily basis, and hear all the latest 'news' about who is doing what. 

I know the company where several of the tenants work, and my W2 job even supplies that company "I commute to MN from WI daily" but that's a story for another day.

For me, it's large size multifamily.Make sure you spend some time here daily to discover the ins and outs of everything.

I checked the daily inmate list of our county jail until I saw she was incarcerated again.Every morning I'd check. 

we close anywhere from 1 to 7 deals daily.12:00  done at bank come home light lunch catch up on e mail.. 

I see a lot of questions from people which are dealt with repeatedly in the podcast but that come up on a daily basis.

now to be fair and balanced like Fox news @Brie Schmidt  you buy and hold folks just did not wake up one day with a rental portfolio you put time and energy into building it you were smart you have drive you have business acumen .... and now that you have one you do have to put some time into it.. its not like these things take zero time like a mutual fund.. you have to either manage your mangers or do some maintenance or tenant interactions.. but I think the allure to it is you are not working for someone else.. or having to go to the same place daily. 

I know realtors can see a daily list of homes that have been placed on the market for sale in MLS. 

@Paul Aqua I would just strongly resist an old fashioned agency that makes you sit for "up time" at the front desk, requires in-person attendance at daily / weekly office meetings, etc.That's what brokerages stuck in the 1980s do.When  I did my first 10 months with Weichert, I did 320 hours on the front desk doing unpaid secretarial work.