Some of them performing and others non performing at a deep discount. 

Because it really should be called Vacancy/Tenant nonPerformance+Damages.In ANY market, if you target the cheapest prices you will get the WORST: Neighborhoods, properties & tenants.Doesn't matter how smart you think you are or how hard you work, you will NOT get Class A performance from Class D!

It is allows sourcing deals from anywhere (not just the deals from the party that runs it and who is trying to channel investors into it), and allows people to perform real, collaborative due diligence to poke holes in deals (and isn't just a "rah-rah let's go" for preselected deals), etc.It sounds like you're looking at the first type of group.

New investors tend to stress out for years about their first deal or two, and then when it comes to the most important peice of the puzzle regarding how their property will perform and how passive their experience will be, they get lazy and don't develop a process for screening. 

Since it sounds like your job is flexible and you can work remotely, explore the option of staying here for several weeks to perform your due diligence. 

I graduated back in May of 2022 and I am currently living with my beautiful fiancé and we are getting married in October.

Hi there, I'm curious if anyone knows of lenders that would let me perform a cashout refi without a seasoning period for me to be on title for 6 months. 

Of course, the wear and tear was through the roof and the water heater or HVAC never seemed to perform to his liking when it is summer and you have 14 breathing, walking talking 98.6F meat-sicles in the house warming it up.  

We have also tried looking at places in Utah as there is a lot of beautiful land there, but initial looking online made it seem like the numbers just didn't make sense.

Raleigh is beautiful.