While you’ll want to get a home inspection for the unit itself, there are additional steps to take to ensure you’re making a wise investment.Start with a thorough inspection of the condo.

kudos to you for pursuing a real estate career despite the challenges you're facing—it's a great step toward your goal of investing in properties and flipping them.

The easiest way to take the first step is to look at Airbnb for your area and review all of the listings and check their calendars for when they are booked.

I'm also reading about a step up basis which would pretty much make capital gains tax my Dad would owe, zero.

Any further steps I have to take to resolve these issues soon without any challenges.

My Name is Kyle and Im completing my first steps registering with Bigger Pockets!

You can't shoot from the hip, you will shoot your foot off.Let's pretend you get by the first step, your asset checks out in the appraisal process. 

I'm open to anything and have only stated that I can be proactively involved in the business to reduce operational expenses.Buying some properties for an Airbnb kind of business can be one example of such, as long as one knows from experience that it yields better than the standard 1%.

I have consumed a massive amount of podcasts and am excited to take the next steps, but am having trouble deciding the next step to take (strategy).

If your goal is to move from management-intensive real estate to laissez-faire real estate, there are plenty of ways to invest in real estate passively and avoid the large capital gains.Your CPA should also have reminded you that if you die owning real estate, your heirs inherit the property at a stepped-up basis.