Best of luck as you jump back into the game 

Probably not much better time to try out the rental game and if it doesn’t work well, or we don’t like it we can still sell and keep the capital gains exemption.

The marketing isnt that important in my opinion but the professional photo/ video is a huge game changer and I dont believe that someone is going to make much profit at .5% on the listing side.

This is why you need to do a ton of due diligence on them and make sure they have skin and the game and something to lose.

Cash to invest (enough for deposits, skin in the game lenders want you to have, closing costs, carrying costs, and to kick off rehab work).2.) 

Playing an appreciation game can be risky.

The risk in lifting these houses is there's not a clearly established market for flood damaged homes that have been elevated.

Play the long game and focus on rent and home price appreciation.

Also father/son dynamics at an age where the son is trying to establish his independence is trying on both of us.I did not push son in direction of RE, he considered various options and chose RE. 

We need to establish a contract (or shop around for reputable companies that are willing to do this).