Thanks again for your leadership and advice. 

Find a small team with leadership that will take you where you want to go and has a track record of doing it with other agents.

Doesn't matter how good anyone on his leadership team is.

Glenn Espinosa If you're close to the border of the good and bad areas, and you can buy the biggest 4plex or cluster of 4plexs around (major player)- then you're set for a Landlord Driven Neighborhood Restoration type investment.If you've got the time to invest to provide leadership, then the petty crime issues will go away and you can meet your investment objectives.

Hi Judy Nanney, I am part of the leadership team of the Ann Arbor Real Estate Investors Club.

Here is my totem pole for my tenant preference in regards to my STRs:Project managers, engineersElectricians, inspectors, boilermakersPipefitters, weldersGeneral laborStudents, travelling nursesScaffold builders, firewatchHomeless people

We've been discussing that more and more in our leadership meetings and it made me realize I need to better define what my specific value is.

They also discussed how they took the idea of an off-site business leadership retreat and placed a focus on family.SO, how do you approach goal planning? 

In addition to population growth and job growth, I am looking at:- Unemployment and poverty rates- Job sector diversity and service industry growth - Foreclosure and vacancy rates - Local leadership and vision for future growth - Average age of residents, % of ages 18-65 in the workforce- Rent to purchase price ratio (purchase price / average annual rent total) 

. ;-)The BP’s platform and other communities are an effective way to leverage your time, to successfully network with leadership within your given niche’.My goal is to hopefully “ATTRACT” the attention of leadership and credible resources.