Two quick moves: pick a simple buy box now (duplex/triplex, target towns outside Boston, rent range) and practice underwriting a few real listings each week, then ask a local PM to sanity‑check your rents and expenses.Which MA submarkets are you leaning toward, and what’s your initial buy box so we can tighten it? 

As a new passive investor, I recommend you do everything in your power to learn all you can about syndicators and fund managers, and be ready to walk away quickly if everything doesn't check out.

1) Check your credit, budget and save, save, save!

Two years later I've received one check for $160.00 from a $21,000 investment. 

.• Lease check for Property B 90 days out.The trick is building the habit of checking the list weekly, just like checking email.Since you are already building your own tool, that might end up being the best option long term.

I used it primarily because I love the formatting and depth of info the background checks.

I did notice the physician had an expiry date on the letter and when I checked the registry it seemed legit.

Kristina, honestly, this could be a solid first rental but only if a few things check out first.First thing — double check your numbers.It sounds like each side is paying $12,000 a year, so roughly $1,000/month.

I would check with the city, and some people do pull permits for the GC, and in my experience I have been able to pull permits non-owner occupied, but a lot of city want a owner-occupant to pull the permit for owner-builder. 

Hey @Tomer YeshayahuSounds like you're describing Memphis :) We source these value add properties and Memphis checks all of these other boxes too.