After reading your thought-provoking post and responses, I felt compelled to contribute some additional insights to the discussion.While the existing advice holds merit, I want to underscore the critical importance of strategic location selection in real estate investments.

Working during Summers on construction sites is significantly different from running the renovation yourself, finding and selecting the right property, finding the financing, etc.  

Get advice from a very good lawyer not a shade tree lawyer.

But type the @ directly follow by a few letters and then wait 2 seconds and a list will pop up for you to select the name.2.

I use what I'm good at - market selection/prediction, product type, maximize design & costs/sf, and team development.

I'm in the multi family space as well and am in Franklin daily.Have you vetted out and selected a property manager in Knoxville?

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When working with a wholesaler its like going to a buffet selection of properties.