Do you have a team built in any other markets?

Quote from @Blake Steagall: Hello @Jaycee Greene, I do not own any real estate in that market yet but am interested.  

Over the years the only place I have lost money is the stock market.

In our market (Charlotte,NC), the RE Attorney we work with mentioned that the majority of the evictions he saw in 2024 were from zillow applications!

If market appreciates you can get a HELOC on it or cash out refi in a few years to scale faster.

Good potential for appreciation/rent growth upside as well in the next 5-10 years in my opinion with the market still being one of the most affordable in the country.

Yes - and even when its out there its typically impossible to qualify (need high rate and high DSCR and typically would have to qualify as a LTR - so almost a unicorn or in a really bad market)

-why not pick a market closer to home? 

The big issue is building a single small residential unit is the most expensive residential development.Here is a list of why adding a single ADU in single family zoned areas in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

Thank you,Phil Don’t have any experience with the mentioned mentors, but I do have 45 years experience in commercial real estate investing.Flipping (wholesaling) commercial properties require the same base of knowledge (real estate principles, real estate law and real estate finance) that is a foundational requirement for flipping residential properties; PLUS, extensive knowledge of the commercial property TYPE one is trying to engage with, and extensive knowledge of the local real estate market for the subject property type.