This has been a remarkably helpful and insightful thread!

We have cheap properties where I am at lol so it's a good thing in that aspect, but bad when financing.

A win for everyone except agents and even then, there are aspects of having to have a buyers agreement signed I find appealing.

For instance, I make much more money in Appreciation (the Investment aspect of RE) than the fees I charge for managing the property or even the Cash Flow.2) "Cash Flow is NOT a characteristic of the Property. 

I get the less leverage aspect makes you more vulnerable to the underlying house price, but the lack of debt gives you the ability to maneuver around that & its likely a high house price point will appreciate more than the average over the long haul but these are just two years in, you got to wait till really year 8 to start trading the equity. 

However, I continued to receive updates with the same problems, even though I was willing to pay for any necessary change orders.Perhaps the most challenging aspect of this "flipsystem" is the lack of clarity regarding who they serve.

I have had one, and now that I have been taking care of many aspects I feel more comfortable taking care of this myself.

It is a great place to meet new friends and learn about various aspects of real estate and more.Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/search/usersBest of luck!

But it does vary wildly - I work with a larger firm, we have in house professionals who focus 100% of their time on state and local tax / sales and use tax, various aspects of international, employee benefits, trusts, estates, gifts, etc, in addition to various industry focuses - and as a result we charge higher fees because there is a significant amount of very specialized knowledge floating around that is at our clients fingertips as they need it. 

Research the different aspects of real estate investing and see which one you like2.