My advice to Clients is that if their investment cannot do better than an REIT ETF, such as offered by Vanguard and/or Fidelity, don't bother. 

You shouldn't bother a general contractor until you have a property under contract.Would be good to have an initial phone meeting with them and explain the type of houses you are targeting (example 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1500 square feet, build in 19XX, full renovation needed, etc).

I think what was really bothering me was that I thought I had done a bad job choosing a tenant.

Your conscience will always bother you if you don’t. 

I have several tenants that aren’t at mkt rent that have been with me a while and I’m against rocking the boat since they never bother me and are ideal tenants.  

@Amiel Bituin Two equally talented basketball teams line up, team blue has 7 players, team green has 5 players, who wins?

. —- Spoke with a local player who owns a few parks in the city.

Don't bother giving them your card, they're too busy to contact you.

I’m today’s market I also don’t bother putting in offers with inflated listing prices/pro-formas until after 30 DOM since seller is out of touch with the reality.

They indicated that the wife’s dad living with them will help pay for rent.. senior in the 80s.. i didnt bother running his credit check.