Throughout my time working as a sales representative, I realized my skills geared heavily in the underwriting/analysis part of deciding whether or not a loan was too risky or potentially profitable and reliable.

. :)  My answer depends heavily on how you answer the questions. 

You would be wrong on that as far as “optics “ .and yes at my county I heavily invest in you  have to physically go to the prothonotary and search they will not have that available online or over the phone.

Title is fairly heavily regulated so really you just want to find a title agent that is cool and easy to work with, has good pricing, and takes good care of you and your deals.

About goals, I have a decent amount stockpiled but not enough to really do some damage in a downturn when I want to go all in heavily.

In other markets the MLS may be more scarce, so you'll need to rely more heavily on wholesalers and your own marketing.That said, you don't have to lock yourself into one source.  

My wife and I have been educating ourselves heavily also, and while still learning, are eager to get into the REI market.

@Dave Spooner We invest heavily around westwood, cheviot, college hill areas., now that we are slowly inching towards 100 doors, it has been great so far !!

This is a tough one and heavily debated always! 

My goal is to get heavily involved in real estate investments to a) earn short-term money to live on and b) build long-term wealth through multi-family cash-flow.