Due to my fathers success and my family’s popularity in my hometown we have numerous and numerous amounts of connections all over the city with all kids of people so selling/ getting clients wouldn’t be a problem.

The general perception in the insurance industry, as well as general population, is that they are dangerous and aggressive.

How do you get over the perception or lack of popularity in certain markets?

As they've said on the podcast numerous times, the first deal is not going to make you rich. 

If your lease contract says to "maintain yard," I can promise you that the tenants' perception of what that is will be different from yours. 

There are numerous websites and references to research market date.  

I agree, there have been numerous posts lately about finding syndication investments for sophisticated investors.

There are numerous apartments, a Marriott hotel,  dog friendly parks, walking paths, fountains and small "lake", entertainment venues, night clubs, retail, boutiques, yoga, gyms, restaurants and personal care beauty services minutes away, There are many corporate HQ's within a few minutes drive, plus it is on the tollway and 5 minutes from 121.

Anyone please feel free to correct me.Could be numerous reasons as to why they've been on the market that long, could be that the owner is trying to sell them at or above market value, could be some issues with the properties, could be not much interest for properties of that type in the area, could be the area is over-saturated with housing and they're hard to get rented, any number of things.To answer your question obviously you're going to want to look inside before you even put an offer, the general rule is the landlord gives 24 hour notice to tenants.

My perception is that it's getting super competitive everywhere, particularly on the MLS, and that you really need to hustle to get a great deal.