Hey Brian, Hope your holidays went well. You maybe having issues getting feedback here for two reasons. Contractors are hard to get these days they are all swamped and good ones are even harder if not having prior relationship with. The second item would be the self proclaimed "Needy" investor. This may be a joke but there are a lot of needy investors. So people are most likely not going to suggest their good contractors to someone who calls themselves needy. On the contrary contractors like people that know what they want and how they want it done. If they can communicate that, it is a win win for everyone. What Contractors dont like are truly needy investors that are expecting to be taught everything, complain about costs, cant make the decisions that are needed. So if it was a joke then you prolly want to remove it moving forward, if it has some truth to it, I would self educate more until you are out of the needy stage.
I think honestly what you are looking to do it would be best to visit the area, you say Raleigh and Fayetteville, those are two very different markets. Come see which market makes sense for your goals. Also meet the people you are building for your team face to face. Doing that gives so much more insight than take random suggestions off BP and also gives the contractors/realtor some sense you are invested and serious about the process rather than just another out of state investor that wants to get into real estate. A lot of people say they want to flip and call realtors and contractors but never do anything, so an in person meeting from an out of state investor could help solve some of those worries for them. I would also have a list of properties you have found using Zillow like services or MLS and see them in real life while you are here. That way you can get a feel for the areas you are looking at. Then once you have a property locked in you will hopefully have a team ready to go and you can rock and roll.
