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However, I never have people come to the house if I can avoid it, simply because it's none of their business where I live and there are some crazy people out there.  

Our short term goal is to cut our teeth on a few fix and flip or fix and hold single family properties.

Many agents simply don't know this.

If someone has not viewed your place you can simply call them and tell them it was rented.A few years back I had a tenant who viewed my place, wanted it but did not have any type of deposit They  would get back to me in a few days Needless to say a new tenant showed up gave a deposit and I rented to them.

I would say the largest issue is simply making sure you take account the differences finances and what you require of your tenants.

There's a lot of easy to spot evidence that it's simply not the case