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Sale price: $222,017 JWB Real Estate Capital helps busy professionals from across the world invest in real estate in Jacksonville, FL.

Readers should seek professional advice.

For now, staying local allows me to leverage my property management experience—most of which came from working directly for family and close business associates who were property managers, contractors, and business owners.

A non-franchised Broker with six agents won't have professional training and resources, so a new agent won't be trained as well and will struggle to get started. 

I was told by a local experienced investor that insurance companies will always go cheap with paying out to contractors in the event a property needs to be rebuilt. 

Assuming they are professional and skilled in the craft - alot of the issues you have faced, they will remediate and mitigate moving forward.

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

Any referrals or recommendations for good and qualified brokers, sellers, property management companies, loan brokers, insurance brokers, mortgage brokers, contractors, etc.

Can this person now be "a real estate" professional?