They can share strategies that have worked for them, such as driving for dollars, networking with real estate agents, and leveraging direct mail campaigns.

You could test the waters with one or two rehabs, see how they perform, and then decide if a full transition makes sense.Leverage Your Skills:With your contracting experience, you can save significantly on rehab costs and add value quickly, which might give you a better return on investment compared to the time and effort spent growing the IT business further.Final Thoughts:Ultimately, it might come down to where your passion lies.

Should I use something like propstream to find all acreage that fits my size parameters then just start doing drive-bys to see if it looks like it would work?

He lives within an easy drive of every property in the portfolio. 

Plumbing pressure test with water off (I would also throw in camera test that adds $200 on it's own- I got burnt with a sewage line replacement for $7-8k after purchase). 5.

For a fee that high it seems they should drive to the payor's home to pick up the check each month.They're part of Fidelity National Financial, who owns Chicago Title, Ticor Title, and many others... https://fnf.com/Companies

Any particular part of the city you want to live in....giant place.What drives the purchase?   

We can see the outside with a drive by of course, but we are more concerned with the interior and what we may be getting into. 

So short of a pandemic wiping out a chunk of our local population or something else of that magnitude, there is not really much that can change these circumstances driving supply and demand.And without changing the circumstances, the results will be the same.

I can continually save up enough for another down payment through my W-2 income, but the time elapsed kind of drives me nuts.