Additionally, it's essential to establish relationships with other key team members, including a competent general contractor, insurance agent, and title company.Your agent plays a pivotal role in finding suitable properties and ensuring a smooth exit strategy.

He was considering a Home Depot shed to live in out back and then we found a suitable garage conversion. 

In my area the margins on flips are shrinking but the volume of would be flippers is increasing, this is simply because the overly optimistic investor isn't requiring an appropriate risk premium, this drives out a lot of the "smart money" and pushes them into more sophisticated, complex, and less inundated areas of RE in which margins are still suitably fat.The last thing ill mention is that a lot of the high debt/leverage people are on this thread defending their positions.  

I don’t live in the USA all the time (< 1 month last year), so coordinating non-trivial refurb may be awkward, not sure my old handymen etc are going to be available (or suitable) so perhaps something a little more turn key is suitable.

Also...in example, spending $20 to put your logo on a pair of $60 pants - even if you get the tax deduction, you likely would have had more money in your pocket to just wear normal pants without a logo.As noted - clothing should not be suitable for everyday wear in order to be a tax deduction. 

Should you have any questions about joining or wish to attend a meeting to gauge its suitability for your interests, please don't hesitate to reach out.

For example investment advice like CRE or OOS is not suitable for every investor.

How do you screen potential guests to ensure they are suitable for the property?

Doing some research in 2-3 states and wondering what are the best areas in your state to look at properties for purchase that would encompass most of these:-Ability to get a few acres (don't need 100, but say 3-5)-Home that can come with land suitable for small hobby farm/homesteading type stuff (couple of horses, maybe small garden, etc.)

It's usually a good idea to look for rental properties that require little to no rehab because of the timeframe needed to get a property rent ready before marketing it to find suitable tenants.Hope this helps.