If you’ve got any success stories, lessons learned, or even cautionary tales, I’d love to hear them.Thank you for welcoming me to this amazing community.

However, there are some investors here who are having a lot of success finding cash-flowing deals through off-market sources. 

Any success stories?

It seems like there are additional obstacles to success for me since I'll have to do pretty much everything remotely, but an expression that I like, and I'm paraphrasing here, "If the path you're on seems easy, you're on the wrong path"Would love any and all advice, guidance, comments, warnings or whatever else you'd like to share.

The numbers can look great on paper, but the success really depends on buying in the right areas, managing renovations well, and having a solid team in place for property management.If you’re thinking about buying, fixing, and renting, I’d recommend starting by learning as much as you can about the different neighborhoods.

This has been the most successful model I have seen in real estate.This goes 100% against every guru and investor the past 5 years of get rich quick of buy, rehab, rent and refinance with little money - that video game is out of order so the gurus need to reinvest themselves and they are trying with seller financing and zero down.

This means that sometimes the insurance will be higher than you would think it would be or need to be but be warned; insurance is a "get what you pay for" type of transaction.

It's just not how successful people operate.

So far I've had success with three deals and the equity gap was $20-45k for each of them and the rates were 3.125-4.25%.  

.- Experience: You’ve successfully navigated a purchase, rehab, and refinance, which are the core components of BRRRR.Considerations: - Budget Overrun: Being $27K over budget highlights the importance of tighter cost estimates and contingencies.