Find a realtor who is a high producing buyer's realtor in your market. 

I've enjoyed the game of learning investment stocks, but I am looking to get into assets that I have more control over and that produce better cash flow. 

We eventually were able to resolve the bed bug issue without heat treatment, but it took several applications of spray (4 or 5), and the procedure to get the room ready for spraying is quite extensive and required the tenant to perform a lot of work.

In all cases if they can not produce proof of funds or preapproval letter I do not show them as viewing inside often requires these documents. 

Unlike residential real estate that's appraised based on comparable sales (i.e. comps), commercial real estate is appraised based on its ability to produce income.

There are reasons why property management companies have the procedures we have.

It will still produce some sort of income whether it be paying down your mortgage or enough for you to cash flow. 

Along the same lines, you have to look at the ability of each individual lot to continue to produce income.

Is this standard procedure?

We will be living on the house for 3 years, we can not have roommates since my son is immunocompromised and he can get sick super fast, and is hard to force strangers to comply with all the required sanitary procedures to live with us.We want some equity, and we will like to learn the real estate business so we can do this once we get out the current situation.Thank you