If you want to manage your own properties, I would highly recommend buying within an hour of your primary.

@Lulu LueHUD has 2 online databases of lenders showing which ones have the most experience with 203k's. 

You input and recommendations are greatly appreciated. 

I recommend you include some of your key qualification criteria in the advertisement.

I’d really appreciate any insights, whether there’s anything I missed, any places you’d avoid, or any tips for STRs in this market.

Make sure to communicate your BRRRR strategy with your insurance agent so they can recommend the right coverage for each phase.I learned this lesson the hard way: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/853/topics/1222933-my-b...

Even so I would not recommend filing bankruptcy.

As you develop the park I would strongly recommend your homes be individually metered for water, sewer expense prorated and garbage paid by tenants via individual can service. 

Low vacancy rates, rising rents, and high tenant demand for more space/good school districts. 

I found my laundromat on BizBuySell, and I sold it through that site as well.I still absolutely think it’s worth networking with business brokers and doing direct outreach to business owners, but you don’t need to take listing sites off the table.If you’re sending out a lot of outreach messages on listing sites and you’re not hearing anything back, it may have more to do with you than the platform.