They sound like regular conversations where the RE professional/investor is genuinely interested in discovering the seller's pain points to help find a solution.All the best!

Members span the gamut from "mom and pops" to large professional management corporations. 

Not knowing who the person is and hiring them without seeing an active job or a job they have ever done 2.

There is a good real estate professional group in the area that I think mainly communicate via Facebook.

Accounting system is a mess… >- Firing people at least weekly 1-2 employees at a time. it is clear that hiring and yet but appropriate for these people firing is what they do best.- Remember that people have left other work for this and only there a short time.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

With your background in real estate investment and home building, you’re already off to a strong start.As a real estate professional in DFW, I know how competitive our market can be.

I hadn't really considered buying houses that need a lot of work because I have no experience with hiring contractors for large projects, but that might be the only way to get a cash flowing property here right now.

If you want to hire to have this built out and are willing to either pay good money for it or agree to 10% profit of anything that comes through it, I'd be happy to help build it out.

You could also JV with a seasoned professional.