If you need anything let me know, I started as an investor and then transitioned into a realtor that works closely with investors to find and strategize around the right properties for their portfolio from A class SFH to C class apartments, Des Moines Metro is big enough to attract people but small enough to stay off the radar of the big players ;)

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.