@Dean GulloTo build connections in Southington and surrounding areas, join local real estate meetups, connect through BiggerPockets forums, get involved with local landlord associations, reach out to real estate professionals, attend town or community events, and expand your team.

Network with professionals, use tools like BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator, and explore grants or incentives for affordable housing.Good luck!

Depreciation can create paper losses to offset rental income or passive income, and qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (REPS) or STR loophole can allow losses to offset W-2 income.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Great advice, I found that the professional photos and doing the rehab slightly above the competition really seemed to help as I had almost 0 vacancy! 

We had the plumbing break down and had to install new PVC plumbing Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

. :)  I am hoping to network with all relevant professionals in the field...especially like minded investors in my local area.

Finally- you can eliminate 95% of the troubles and risk by simply having professional and legal screening and management processes, so don't sleep on that piece. 

As a creative professional historically "allergic to math," I never thought I'd consider real estate investing, but life is full of surprises!

I think I'll go to FIVER and see if any of the AI professionals can build such a tool.