It really does offer some great opportunities, especially with all the recent investments in Columbus—Intel, Google, Amazon, and Meta are making a huge impact.Cleveland’s also a solid choice for cash flow, with its ongoing revitalization and diverse property options.

Your irresistible offer appears to not have turned out so well either by your own admission and my advice is to help you and others reading this about the importance of knowing how and what to have in your contracts, how to properly vet buyers BEFORE you bring them a deal, etc. your situation is a great learning lesson for others and for yourself if you are willing to learn from your own mistakes.As to the assignment being legal or not, I am not 100% knowledgeable on NC laws, however, I have had several experienced investors tell me North C has similar laws regarding this process as does CA, FL, etc.

It is hard to justify an expense that would eat up all of a majority of your cash-flow.An investor doesn't necessarily need 'any' professional but it really depends on your knowledge/amount of time you have.For example, technically, most people may not need a painter as the tools are available to them in Home Depot or most stores.

Most new flippers lose money because they are not knowledgably in 3 areas What the sales price REALLY will be.

depends on the quality of the assets and the reliability of consistent rental income.this is an age old argument and really a personal choice at the end of the day.

Hey @Andrew Steffens, well for me it wouldn't be something I would look at.A remote manager of tasks is find in some areas, but where we are is quite rural and tribal knowledge is most important.I know exactly who to call and for what.

Maybe as you said, its an old leak that was already repaired prior to your knowledge. 

Is it worth it to potentially take a slightly smaller return on this one deal to gain the knowledge/introductions for me to repeat this process in the future acting as my own GC?

Shes a wealth of knowledge. 

I manage 400 rentals and have never paid a tenant to leave.You ask them to leave.You tell them to leave.You force them to leave through the courts.It appears you don't have the knowledge or experience to pull these off, so I recommend you talk to the tenant and see what it will take to get them to leave.