I am a local realtor in Charlotte and would be happy to help.

Intermodal trucking and local car service will probably be impacted in the near term ( 10 or 20) years.  

@Olecia Williams I am local here in Florida and help clients all the time purchase second homes that they short term rent with 10% down with zero issues.

This deal came through Nathan Ward’s local connections and market insight.

Highly suggest checking out the local meetup groups: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...Our monthly meetup is tomorrow, so that might be a great place to start! 

One suggestion to consider as I mainly do BRRRRs as well- find a local bank or credit union in the area you plan to buy that offers construction loans.

Keeping your STR local would be the best case.

Does anyone have any experience partnering with different RE teams local to the lead? 

I'll give you a great local example...I go to church with the bank president.

They are usually looking at C or D properties that local agents tell them will “cash flow“ They usually don’t cash flow because of high maintenance and vacancy.