My personal opinion is that the equity in one property is just as comparable as a less expensive paid property from net worth perspective.  

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Real estate broker” or “broker” means (A) any person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation which acts for another person or entity and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, lists for sale, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of, an estate or interest in real estate, or a resale of a mobile manufactured home, as defined in subdivision (1) of section 21-64, or collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate, and (B) any person, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation employed by or on behalf of the owner or owners of lots or other parcels of real estate, at a stated salary, upon commission, upon a salary and commission basis or otherwise to sell such real estate, or any parts thereof, in lots or other parcels, and who sells or exchanges, or offers, attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale or exchange of, any such lot or parcel of real estate;

I personally have been investing for 17 years without a realtor license.

Even if the tenant leaves personal belongings behind, the landlord has the right to throw them away.

Unfortunately, they will not respond to the offer (offered it in person and in writing with an agreement of release)  and just keep piling on the complaints - multiple times a day :).  

If you run into any issues needing a repair man or contractor, I have a great person I can give you his contact info.

I am looking to include a real estate person on my team for that very reason.  

You'll find plenty of informative discussions and posts on all.If you haven't done so already, I would encourage you to join the local REIA's and attend the meetings.

Matrix would not take it on, yet they have been willing to guide me with my questions and their advice and I learned so much from my first deal, that it just helped me lock up this one.And yes, it was not my money, credit, forms, or solely my personal knowledge.