Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Otherwise taking detailed videos and pictures for the contractor to get a good idea of budget should be sufficient to get a realistic budget. 

Thanks for the tip!  

Here are some tips for hiring a PM:1. 

Of course, you won't listen to this common sense because you know more than everyone else here on BP and will have to learn the hard way.So, recommend you find and attend some local investor meetings or commit to watching all the videos and reading all the material here on BP that you can.Good luck:)

1) Don't fall into analysis paralysis, theres a ton of ways to invest in Real Estate, pick one and go.2) Take action. You will fail, you are supposed to fail, that's how you learn.3) Systems! Create systems that make ...

@Jared AppelWelcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Your guidance, tips and strategies are very much appreciated and needed for a new investor like myself.

Sharing tips can help us all move toward making short-term rentals truly passive income!

I watch a lot of David Greene's YT videos and have messaged him directly and he gave me solid advice - if I'm going to buy outside of California, to go for appreciation states and look at the asset.