Just digging in to this forum and learning a lot. 

He personally screened every tenant, handled every maintenance request, and even showed up to mow the lawn at his properties when the landscapers were running late.His phone rang constantly—contractors, tenants, vendors—all needing his immediate attention.

Hi I'm gege new to the site starting the Wholesale investment and need help finding seller, where should I brand myself is there an email pitch or a call pitch I can send to seller, like people in foreclosure, or bankruptcy, or late payment and where will I get the ARV, Repair Value, Offer The price that you need to get it under contract for and  where do I get the contract form and if I get a seller and a buyer how do I get a legal person to handle all the paper work for closing.

You seem to know a lot about STR, could I "connect" with you to maybe learn a bit more about it?

And if they don't deliver, you need a truck and an extra person.  

All I can say is that when an investor is the person who's doing the job that a real estate broker is commissioned to do, per state law, that's brokering without a license, which is no bueno and shouldn't be allowed. 

If the trust is disregarded and you and your wife file a joint tax return the property is reported on your personal joint return. 

they're not magic.are you going to in-person / informal meetups? 

Most hard money will be interest only payments on the full approved balance of the loan whether or not if you have pull the draw funds for repairs.If you have any other questions, post them in the same thread below so that we can all learn from the answers.

I’d love to hear any insights or lessons learned!