Here are a few great podcasts that have been around a while:* Michael Blank's "The Apartment Investing Podcast"* Joe Fairless' "The Best Ever Show"* Charles Dobens' "The Multifamily Investing Academy Podcast"* Rod Khleif's "Lifetime Cashflow Through Real Estate"* The Jake and Gino showThrough podcasts, you get exposed to different ideas and approaches that you can piece together to develop your own strategy.

As Joe mentioned, quality and length of contract.5. 

Because of this, they're purchasing their own supplies/materials with very minimal labor expenses.

It could be your first and last deal.I developed a few key relationships with contractors in key markets for my clients, they have a GC who organizes materials, labor, schedule, keeps everyone on track, etc. 

However, the rents are slightly lower and could potentially wipe out your monthly cashflows with one major repair.As for higher appreciation market like West/East Coast, it's more expensive, but rents are higher due to a strong labor market, there will be a certain amount of demand for those markets, but the downside is that you will need to be creative by adding more values for the property.

Like putting in flooring is probably 1.50 to $2 a square foot for labor, and you can start to learn all these rules of thumb for all the trades.

The combination of hurricane damage, supply-side issues, and labor shortages at this time made finding a general contractor extremely difficult.

Its so much more than buying any home; have home depot labors fix it; rent to section 8 and collect check to become rich.  

But I digress… For backdrop, despite high inflation, the labor market is holding up well.

My market is India, China and Europe with teak, no resale market means it is a buyers market, labor is cheap, you can still buy hilltops with great views, river front properties, etc.If I was going to buy in Belize or any resort area I would wait till the next financial downturn in the U.S.