Certainly went a little off top there indeed..... agreed @Federico Gutierrez I don't think it would be wise of an investor to be working with a Realtor who would be driving an hour or even a half hour in some cases if it meant they were out of their area of expertise, especially in the case of a new investor who may rely heavily on information and advice provided by the Realtor. . . . which I would strongly urge against relying heavily on information provided by most Realtors as the majority just really have minimal experience with investment property.

It's always great to have such a deep community to rely on when it comes to real estate.

Long term objective, I want to be able to not rely on a paycheck (W2) at a relatively young age.

Do not simply rely on posts on your website or on the usual job search engines like Monster.com.

Also, it's good to rely on experts, but I recommend you learn as much as you can about both the legal and tax sides - there are a lot of 'experts' who just became 'experts' when you contacted them.

I'm open to more strategies outside of buy and hold to acquire additional cash, but ultimately I want to rely on the passive income from my buy and hold properties long term.Grand Rapids is/has been a great market, but I am open to other markets and/or different strategies as well. 

But you should not rely on your own title search ability to make that determination.

There's tons of things you can do but you need to rely on your own good judgement and common sense as you have the most knowledge of the situation.

Since the push fit relies on O-rings and on the pipe remaining "sound" (not getting cracked or crushed), not sure that dry pipes would be a factor with these.

They are relying on emotions which are 100% unreliable even if they are some times correct.