I'd wager this thread will skew heavily into Real Estate (which makes sense!). 

- What is some good general preliminary advice when jumping into your first investment?

I sent Tax Sentry my preliminary 2021 tax information in mid March 2022.

For sure, this flyer is merely a preliminary step for STR owners.

It might help to meet with an architect to give you a base idea and preliminary plans for your GC to then take a look at. 

Also the advice on writing offers and the lower purchase price is something I have been wondering about given that I have not yet ran preliminary deal numbers at purchase price without negative cashflow for single family rentals in my area.

For now, this is mainly for me to do some preliminary analysis because I am interested in real estate but I am very new to it. 

- What is some good general preliminary advice when jumping into your first investment?

- What is some good general preliminary advice when jumping into your first investment?

Finally… do not assume that “Your” real estate agent is working for your best interest… unless… BOTH of the following are satisfied… 1) the agent Signs a “Buyers Agent” contract where it is stated that YOUR interests comes firstAND… 2) the agent / your buyers agent has no affiliation with any other party nor has any financial interest in this transaction other than as stated in the docs… and has no association with any party in the transaction… other than as stated in the disc… you explain up front that any all buying agreements are not binding until after you have AT LEAST a Preliminary Good Faith Estimate/ HUD1/  enhanced financial disclosure… and that ALL parties/ entities and all fees are clearly disclosed.