One of the best selling points a property manager gave me when I was interviewing new ones was that his name would be on the sign out front and his reputation on the line so he would not take on properties if the owner was not willing to property maintain them.

Some towns like Tenafly, Old Tappan, Ridgewood etc might be too expensive for someone to buy in, but will rent instead due to the high reputation of the school systems.It is difficult to find a single family home that will cash flow.

However, they have an excellent reputation.

No better way to ruin your reputation as a wholesaler than to try and pull that crap. 

Are there any reputable workshops that teach newbies like me that don't pressure me to tap into my 401k to finance the mentoring?

It is, obviously, not doing anything for it's owner other than costing money and (I would think) damaging the broker's reputation for it being his property and in that sad of condition.

I really like this mayor's plan to clean up the city and change its reputation.

I want to make sure my reputation as an investor grows to be a reliable one. 

I like to think the folks I've selected would see the reputational risk in doing as such. 

There is another option to get control of that floor and I've made suggestions on how to do so...if the present group of owners has not prodded the alternate channels along yet and I'm allowed to manage I'll have lunch/meetings with some people to see if I could push it along so they could circumvent the bank dragging its feet.Regarding the previous Mgmt company, my connections in the local banking community and elsewhere had made comments the manager at the time did not have a stellar reputation and they'd heard plenty of negative feedback from other places he managed.