Would love to live in a world where you could just freely trust people, but I'm happy to hear that you're moving into the field with a goal to not give someone that experience. 

I am currently in the field passing out business cards for my company and personally introducing myself to to anybody that deals with properties in Monterey County.

If investing in real estate is in your future, try to get jobs as you are able in related fields.

Become an expert in the field and connect with like minded individuals.

The house is on its own septic field.

I'll definitely contact them and see what makes them special in the property management field - I plan on contacting at least 3 companies to make sure we end up with someone that not only does a good job, but who we integrate well with.I did forget to mention above that in several rooms of the house there is either bubbling in the painted-over wallpaper or noticeable seaming/places you can see they tried to strip wallpaper from at least part of the walls.Oh, and it's not just the walls - the rooms that haven't been updated (the updated rooms being the kitchen and both bathrooms - the stairway is textured, so I don't know if they just layered it on top or stripped and textured) have the painted-over wallpaper on the ceilings, too!

It is a large field and they have the grass cut every week!

I am looking forward to getting back into the field and becoming an investor this time around.

I know that buying a house so cheap is a very hard process, but as per my practical knowledge in the field, you are on the right path.

I have very little to no knowledge in this field but am very interested in doing real estate deals either to rehab and sell houses or buy them to rent out and add to my portfolio .i have money of my own but am interested in borrowing money to do my deals after I learn as much as I can .....