It's a lesson I've seen play out repeatedly in my years managing a real estate.

Giovanni, Congrats on deciding to go to the next level. 

@James TobinJames, congratulations on deciding to take the first step into real estate investing!

I have a team that manages our ads getting $15-20 leads nationwide wondering if AI is beating that.

This will be some management company, right?

Finally, as an aspiring/budding lender, I don't have as much access to mentors, but then again it's easier than rehabbing/flipping and probably easier than buying and holding and managing multifamily. 

If you have vacancy or in need of a large repair, will you have the cash to also manage that? 

I have helped hundreds of investors execute 1031 exchanges and build diversified portfolios across various excellent markets, all while using just one property management service.

I just have to decide

Broker, investor, and property manager here.