Keep in mind that 95% of first-time flippers LOSE money on their first couple of deals.

Like you said it gives the weekend for travel time.Plus, if folks need to head home on Sunday then they do that and not feel too bad about losing a day.When you have to work that Friday, it sucks because you want to get started, but after 6 days of vacationing, people are often ready to go home and are meh about the Monday.Psychological Strategery....

What you lose in fees is quickly made up by the higher rate of growth.

You'll lose a ton on furnishings.Secondly, you don't need to go STR to do cost segregation option on your depreciation. 

Consider hiring a property manager for the first year or two, then transition to self-management when you have more experience.Hiring a property manager is usually cheaper than losing a ton of money making rookie mistakes.

Too many lose sight of this and divert their attention to other areas that become meaningless or irrelevant if the real estate is not sound. 

I have seen MANY sellers shoot themselves in the foot trying to get a higher sale price but losing MORE because time more than ate up the additional money they might have gotten.

Sorry about you losing money with him.

Does anyone know if we are still required to give a 30 day notice and continue to lose out on rent that is being paid on time?

So after 1.5 years of searching, putting in offers, losing deals after inspections, yesterday I finally closed on my first investment property.I put together a document of all the lessons I learned that I did not know prior, despite countless hours of investigation on my end.