I was getting multiple offers to sell my holdings at a deep discount.

Just want to be careful on which broker/lender you use because some of them have a prepayment requirement and try to stick you with a 3-5 year prepay.There is also a 40 year I/O interest only but its only fixed for the first (10) years.Make sure you know how many months reserves they require before you get to deep into paying for the appraisal and then find out the deal is cancelled in underwriting.

Or would it be jumping into the deep end prematurely?

I'm looking in Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mt Lake Terrace for those (Everett has already adopted new rules pertaining to the bill, the others are slow rolling a bit and most brokers don't know yet how it will impact value). 

Dialing in on a neighborhood and then doing a deep dive would help you to get a better feel.

First, learn about ways to make money last, set your aims, grasp house hacking, check if you're ready money-wise, do deep market checks, make friends with local home investors, agents, lenders, and those who manage properties, go deep into property details, and get to know the local home laws well.

I'm located in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and am open to properties basically anywhere in southern Michigan (anything south of Muskegon from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron is fair game imo.)I now have a fairly large nest egg of cash beyond all of my other investments (stocks, bonds, treasuries, crypto) and I want to turn that cash into a real estate investment or investments and I think my deep background in tech, systems, and marketing should be able to help me substantially.It seems to me like BRRRR on multifamily units makes the most sense, but I'm open to suggestions.I'm basically retired at this point as the only work I do each week is 3-4 hours of consulting for larger tech companies and I'm on a couple advisory boards.What are the best first steps in building a team and creating the systems necessary to start making deals?

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The town keeps growing but new-build is slow.

Seems like most of the attorney has their own way of doing things.Drew Sygit, progress is slow, because to do major renovations, you need permits.