I am builder/ rehabber so most of my expertise is in that area of REI but I am very knowledgeable in all aspects of RE and will try my best to give you the best answer that I could to help educate you and help you grow exponentially like everyone in the network helped me.

, and for a realtor to have a reliable buyer seems reward enough.  

There's a time and place for it, but you're trying to push a strategy that doesn't align with our competitive market, our expertise, and our goals. 

Sure - but rentals aren't my expertise - I am a flipper.

One are of expertise and I figure I will make less mistakes.  

With his info and expertise in home repairs He's currently studying for his contractors license (I have no idea what that entails so I can not answer questions on that), I see a future.

The investor side of me agrees in totality with all said about time vs reward and good money at bad.  

Thank you in advance for your expertise!

His experience and expertise on how to negotiate with the insurance adjuster has been fantastic.It has not been a total loss but the cost of the renovation is more than what we originally paid for the home which is nice!

If all things are pretty equal you likely should look to your own stomping grounds where you live for a smaller property like this.If you are worth say 2 million and you are buying 10 doors at 50k for 500k and putting 150k down then if it goes bad you might have a small loss and tax write off to get out.If you are worth 400k and putting down 150k into an area you do not know that well with not enough doors to get passive then the risk does not likely equal the reward upside.