Becoming a landlord in Greensboro NC

[Seneca Stephens]

The title may not be the best considering my thoughts, but here it goes.

There are quite a few questions that come to mind especially when I saw a news report about more people renting than owning property (has me intrigued but not completely sold on the idea).  Some of the things that I have wondered about are how those who are already landlords got the properties that they are renting?  Is it ever a good idea to go with a pre-rented deal (property owner selling and they already have tenants living in the unit)?  How you handle the process of tenant screening?

I would put more but as of right now I'm still looking, researching the different avenues of RE investing so this may seem like a scatterbrained post.