Either way, you need to have a quiet place where you can think about how to structure your tasks and plan of attack.Start your Day SoonerThe elephant in the room—if you want to maximize your day, you can’t sleep in until 9.

The architect/contractor can help you budget and maximize your project's potential in your specific market - i.e. they can help answer your question on what type of property is best - new home, modular, small lot, etc.

@Lemont WilliamsHey Lemont - we advise our sellers who wants to maximize their sale price (ie., where there would be the small margin you talked about) to list with an agent (maybe like you?)

Increase profit and maximize tax savings

It will help improve your understanding of how to not only purchase properties at tax lien/deed sales but how to get them ready for sale and maximize your profits. 

., you have to understand that at PM company is in business to make money, and they will do what it takes to maximize profit, and that often means cutting corners, upcharging everything, hitting you with hidden fees.

I'm actually looking for cashflow and would like to obtain many properties over the course of many years to maximize this.I need to start with 1 or 2 (if possible) and go from there but I'm trying to find the right market to start with.

I am interested in a property in Houston that will need a lot of love and possibly some creativity to help determine 1) if it's a solid building and foundation and 2) how easily it can be remodeled to maximize ROI.

This is where you're really going to be able to find property at a discount and maximize your returns while also ensuring the lowest basis (and therefore the lowest amount of risk).

Here is one of my BP articles just to provide a little context:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10042/64744-5-...Even though you are taxed at passive income, STRs are really not passive at all unless you are going to go for a full turnkey provider, and if you do that you are likely not going to maximize your ROI unfortunately.