My market (Indianapolis) is an excellent one for this strategy and there is a lot of demand here for furnished mid and short term rentals.

When you add books + podcast, your time in the forums here learning, AND in-person networking and relationship-building with real-life real estate investors, you will gain more confidence in the reality and soon be in the starting lineup.

It provides additional liability protection beyond standard property insurance, which can protect your personal assets if the LLC's assets aren't sufficient.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

I would build a relationship with your lender.  

If you choose this route, make sure to have clear, written agreements in place and maintain a professional landlord-tenant relationship.

It doesn’t have as many pre-built search filters as PropStream, but it’s excellent for quickly adding and managing leads on the go.Invelo and Property Radar are good for more niche searches like probate, inheritance, and deceased properties, especially if you’re trying to dive deep into public records.I’d suggest trying out a couple of free trials to see which interface and data best fits your specific strategy.

OC may be terrible for cash flow, but it may be excellent for appreciation.

They took the information and disappeared or claimed they did not use it.What is your advice for establishing a trusting wholesale working relationship?

yup - you are likely going to need to go to a bank / relationship based for investments like this

I’ve tried searching for people who have been neighbors to their tenant but haven’t seen anything yet.If you have experience in this I’d love to hear how you handled the relationship of tenant/neighbor.