QUESTIONABLE- Best Buy over $1,000 (maintenance visit soon after noticed two new TVs and Xbox consoles in kid's bedrooms) POOR CHOICE- Numerous purchases from online women's store selling wigs, "interesting clothing" & such (yes, we looked up the website) POOR CHOICE- Numerous cash withdraws of $400-$500 at Detroit casinos.

You can normally work smarter not harder simply by investing in better real estate.The last thing I will add is the notion of cash flow and BRRRR being dual objectives.

Every city is different, PLEASE get yourself to a RE meeting, and do NOT try and do all this from books and sitting online, it will not end well. 

You can do some sourcing yourself through Facebook groups, and online RE communities , and even pick up the phone and cold call some homeowners that may be tired landlords, don't owe anything, and have built up some equity.With enough volume, you should come across some solid deals.  

@Ian M.For the owners hiding behind the bare trust agreements, you can pull up their names by doing an online search for "David Baines: Real estate investors settle class-action lawsuit" Mr Baines before he retired was a business columnist for the largest newspaper in British Columbia, the Vancouver Sun.In this article you can see the payment the defendants (who I am talking about) had to pay out to the plaintiffs.

You can find templates for joint venture agreements on BiggerPockets or other real estate investment websites.Next, consider joining local real estate meetups or online groups where you can network with other investors.

Quote from @Emma Johnson: Yes I checked It is listed as an option on their website everything online looks legit.

The last thing I’ll add is your objective even when you buy in C or lower class neighborhoods is to invest in neighborhoods that have the fundamentals that suggest they can transition to at minimum a B neighborhood.

You are only really assessing based on CAP rate which tells me you are only looking online and assuming their CAPs are correct.

It was not a great personality fit, nor a good business relationship.Realtor #3: 4% sales fee - was very straight forward and objective.