I’d love to have real estate provide some financial freedom/flexibility and create a portfolio that I could eventually get my kids involved with and pass down to them, but I end up feeling frozen/stuck based on the factors above. 

Hence why I was on craigslist lol  Easiest way to get your investor buyer clients inventory is connecting with all the wholesale shops in your area, and connect buyers to sellers.Some of the seasoned buyers will already be on the wholesalers' mailing list, and thats fine, but there will be many that have no idea what wholesaling is and you're bringing them value by exposing offmarket inventory to them. 

if there aren't any identical comps, or if they're 120, 140, 162, then you need professional assistance on determining it.you also have to factor in ALL your costs. 

It depends upon so many factors, that an attorney needs to spend time mapping it out with youGino

—yep, that’s probably one of Ben Wolff’s landscape hotels, stealing your attention and vacation dreams.I recently caught up with Ben, co-founder of Onera and Oasi, about what makes his unique stays so successful, and one thing stood out to me: It’s all about creating that “wow” factor.

Are they doing everything possible to expose properties to the broadest possible market?

Quartz is virtually indestructible, and you will get that "it" factor in an STR that you need.

AZ compliance on LLC is dependent on a number of factors including how many investment partners are in LLC.  ...

Once you factor that in, your small loss is actually a bigger loss once you need to do any repairs or upkeep. 

@Matthew Platon - I think there are a lot of unforeseen factors that could affect my decision.