Either you or your friend can identify through BiggerPockets or by google a local realtor, a local contractor and a local property management company. 

Identifying your goals can help you identify your markets and class.

Have you identified areas where you can grow income and reduce expenses? 

The comps in the area are tricky to identify, but hopefully our analysis is right. 

I am starting to understand that Property Management companies are generally not solving the problems of Real Estate Investors.My question to the community here is what is the most critical consideration when 1) choosing a property management company, 2) electing to go/stay self-managed, and 3) what is the most painful issue(s) you have with property management companies.I am looking to identify solutions to such issues and coach these companies on such solutions to garner a stronger Real Estate Investor portfolio.

you could always call the cops and tell them you have someone you suspect is/used a fraudulent ID, and that you want the people in your house identified.. ? 

Moving in we developed a solid strategy for single family homes that we try to acquire and BRRRR.First thing is to identify a couple markets.

You need to be crystal clear on the process by which repairs are identified, assessed, quoted, verified and paid. 

I am also looking at Montana and Idaho but havn't identified a market yet. 

Originally posted by @Joe Villeneuve:Also people could still add, subtract, multiply, divide and knew what an exponent wasI also had the entire counties plat maps in one binder every lot in the county.. it was 4 inchs thick.. no G I S  LOL.. and for ranch lands I would go to the USGS office in Menlo park and buy all the quad maps..I could identify all sorts of acreages by topography of course in CA were you have mountains and streams and easy to identify landmarks it helped but I could take plat map and put a 40 on a quad map and be darn accurate enough to sell it without a survey..