@Joseph Beilke totally agree with your assembly of Jaco.

Start small with cosmetic rehabs, assemble a reliable team, and have a clear exit strategy.

Now, I’m curious about real estate investing.I have some experience flipping a couple of houses, and although I have a ton of flaws, one of my strengths is being resourceful and assembling amazing teams—I’m always looking for people better than me at what they do— what seems to be a good fit for real estate.

Trying to assemble a team of investor friendly agent possibly in the Craven County area. 

The most important thing you can do in the beginning is assemble a good team. 

Yes, you need a team, however you can't just assemble people together and call it a team. 

Let's say you spent a month on the initial preparation: cleaning, painting, shopping for furnishings, assembling IKEA furniture and so on.

I know I need to assemble a team, I know I need to understand markets and analyze a ton of deals, and I know I need to coordinate it all for execution with the right timing.

But that doesn't mean you know the right ingredients or can assemble it without disaster.

So I wouldn't be concerned about buying quite soon, as things are moving in a good direction...and all the more now that they've assembled a committee that reportedly includes some people who are both more experience with and favorable towards STR.