Personally what I have found to be best for our business to build rapport is to get paid in installments for the first couple of flips we do for a new client.

Agent spam is mostly focused around Columbus and a couple other markets.

You have come to the right place to begin your investing journey.Have you looked into attending local meetings and joining Facebook groups?

You have come to the right place to begin your investing journey.Have you looked into attending local meetings and joining Facebook groups?

You could also call a couple of contractors on the phone and get rough sqft pricing from them for roofing, siding,  painting etc. like how much the averages costs are per square (100 square feet) and square foot .

From what I’ve seen, the value of a premium listing really depends on a couple of factors: the local market's activity and how saturated it is with similar rentals.

Speaking from experience when hunting down property owners of distressed property’s ,probate etc, some are easy to find after a couple clicks, others I can never locate, ghosts.

I got a couple of these on my furnished monthly rental.

If you're not able to keep at least 25% of the profits within a couple of years of acquisition - you'll likely be doing a whole lot of work for investors with little upside and a lot of risk for you. 

My CPA has a couple LTR's, so I figure he must be on top of this.