Did the plumber check the water levels in the tank?

and am planning to see a few recently built 4/3-4's with finished lower level in good family locations.

If you're a listener, you probably know that we love talking to investors of all levels of experience and we want to meet people who work in all the various niches of investing.If you want to share your story and help others learn from your experiences, being a guest is a great opportunity.

I recommend setting your expectation of the level of cleanliness, maintenance of the yard and grounds at a very high level to the tenants.  

As far as using sweat equity to add value, what's your background or some specific skills you'd be able to help people with in the real estate industry?

My SEO skills are definitely not the best and while I use Instagram, too, I've found it hard to get people to actually engage.

Since then, I've learned more into my build, design and project management skills, taken everything in house, gotten my GC license and taken a more hands on approach.

Starting with a safer property and building up skills can help.

I'll be looking for a 'hands off' brokerage if such a thing exists (while realizing I'll need a 'high level of supervision' my first two years) with a low fee structure for my own deals.

Here is an article that I wrote for BP that will provide some more insight to this structure: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/the-traditional-llc-vs-the-series-llc-which-is-better-for-real-estate-investors/Also please feel free to Dm me or leave a reply if you have more questions.Podcast #109 here on BP will also give a nice high level overview.