I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.

Their jobs include finding properties (he’s a realtor), walking properties prior to purchase (only those we can’t estimate rehab from pics), inspecting GC’s work and progress. - unless the property is a complete gut job we pay for a home inspection during our due diligence- we only hire GC’s.  

I would recommend using a calculator to evaluate future rates and determine at what point in time/rate would you cash-flow at a comfortable level (after capex, repairs, vacancy, pm, etc). 

I got qualified for about $650,000 so I am trying to evaluate all my options.

@Jay Hinrichs has a website you should check out that is evaluating turnkey companies.

Galvanized supply lines can still be holding water but be very fragile if the corrosion has progressed far enough. 

HUD tenant's rent is under rented by $500 per month and HUD re-evaluated her unit and lowered the HUD payment by $7 per month.

Did they progress through the lending/collection ranks to hone their crafts, or are they glorified stock brokers that have simply bought and sold paper without really knowing the nuts and bolts of the collection/foreclosure process.

This is very unhealthy so the government is now investing elsewhere now and Punta Cana is pretty much done anyway, as the path of progress pretty much has run its course there.That's not my main problem with Punta Cana though.

So, when you are underwriting an str purchase, much of the business should be evaluated separate from the real estate.