Now if you were to take the time to read through the 472 page bill, you would be far ahead of our elected leaders, who did not read it before they voted on it, even as they received this version of the bill only about 30 minutes before they voted on it.https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/12.2....‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR BINDING CONTRACTS.— 6 Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any sale or ex- 7 change with respect to which there was a written 8 binding contract in effect before January 1, 2018, and 9 at all times thereafter before the sale or exchange.’’.Remember though, both versions of this bill are being reconciled in a conference committee, and then when there is a single bill, that will be voted on.

I work out however not religiously like i used to. 

If you are paying for materials, get a list up front - if the CG is picking up material and using your charge card, make sure you check every item (they will order more stuff to finish other jobs) and do not pay for tools, drill bits or other things that as a CG they should have,You will be ripped off regardless of how convincing  they are - be careful with those contractors who profess to be God fearing religious folks - sometimes they use that as a smoke screen.My son and I just finished a project that cost us $1.1 MM, it seemed that almost every week they tried to rip us off with add on's and additional work orders.Sorry to be so negative.

I learned how to manage a vacation rental property from the leaders of the industry; I was very fortunate to learn from the best.When my husband & I decided we wanted to buy an investment property we only considered STR.

Found it to be insightful on growing and managing a team, being a leader, and growing a business.

Note these are all going to be estimates.House 2 Granite Cost = $250 if my memory serves - then we got the second taste of our friendly granite cutters loss leader - they hit us with something like $450 for cutting. 

I have about $200k saved up to start investing and have been religiously studying RE investing for the past 6 months and am ready to get my feet wet!

Has anyone worked with local community leaders to make that happen with success?

In general, I believe there should be relatively few laws, but that they should be religiously adhered to.If it was purchased legally, it was purchased legally.If people who looked like them had been allowed to buy it before 1948, maybe it wouldn't have turned out so messed up?

If not, I would be happy to set up a meeting for you with a team leader in your area.