I guess I am just having a hard time really trying to decide on a market. 

I got their first agreement signed from a notary in person but this time around I have multiple tenants that work all different schedules and it is difficult to get all of them together to do this in person.

In the past I have used a property manager but thinking of doing this myself.I was wondering if any other small landlords do anything to hide their real name and/or real address/phone number from tenants during the screening and leasing process.  

This is useless unless the investor has a foundation in or has first been educated as to real estate principles, real estate law and real estate finance.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

So if you could gc them yourself, you could force some equity on the new construction deals and the new construction ones might be a no brainer.The other question I'd have is whether you're getting deals on the pre-existing homes.Ultimately, its going to be real tough to scale either one if you're paying retail because if you're buying 250k homes and putting down 20 to 25%, you'll run out of cash real quick. 

I've always wanted to get into real estate.

Most blanket loan lenders will allow you to do partial releases so you could sell one at a time.

Of course, the Federal Reserve's QT also impacts the supply side and can cause price changes that are not one-for-one with changes to base rates like the fed funds rate.I find it so interesting that you can have spread widening at times when rates are going down.

At that time I am not sophisticated enough.