I'm in the beginning stages of my RE investing journey and I'm here to begin networking.

And frankly I don’t care why they want to sell in the early stages of communication.  

At this stage, your focus should be putting as much money as possible into your first deal, rather than on accountants, lawyers, or consultants.Hiring a CPA can wait until you’re further along—either when you’ve got something under contract or need help with entity setup or tax planning.

Just so i can do the preliminary analysis on the propertySecond: I'm finding it difficult to get a clear price estimate of the CapEx's that might be needed.

I'm particularly passionate about Rental income, Real Estate Financial Analysis, Probate and pre-Foreclosure Investing.Outside of real estate, I enjoy tennis, chess and stock investing.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

You might use Zillow's zestimate, a CMA (Comparable Market Analysis) provided by a realtor, or just your own analysis of recently sold similar properties.

My guess is you are a victim of analysis paralysis.

Just try to buy above Russian river flood stages which I think is around 40 to 44 feet..

Figuring out market rent but then figuring out what the rent "could be" is one of my hurdles right now when doing analysis!

I guess the big question I’ll need to crunch numbers on  is money now vs money later and opportunity cost analysis.