As a seasoned real estate agent and investor across Indiana and Florida, your expertise is impressive!

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BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

You own 50/50 with your mom?

Your biggest challenge will be what to do when something goes wrong: nonpaying tenants, maintenance, mother nature damage, etc.Recommend you include these in any management agreement you sign, so you're not overcharged when you need these services.

A scope of work is easy to generate for a baseline then do add on’s to the scope you need customized for your exact preferences.

Picking the right agent is key because, let’s be real, everyone sounds great until it’s time to deliver.

Everyone wants to be a wholesaler these days and trying to convince them to get a license and do it the right way is like trying to take candy from a 5-year-old. 

(But not for a “I’m going to live in it 50 weeks out of the year and rent it out two weeks”, IMHO, if that was your idea.  

As far as a DST goes for replacement property, it can be a great potential solution for those who are no longer interested in the traditional responsibilites of ownership any longer or who may be having a difficult time finding adequate replacement property or properties.