You inspect, and then you hire a good independent home inspector—NOT someone recommended by the seller, a guru, or an agent.Besides, you might find out that you don’t like being a landlord. 

All agreements should be made by competent independent council (if possible these days, not sure).  

You can learn to do this independently or get a rockstar REALTOR to lead the way.

Currently I work Hawaii (I’m from there and know it well) but I live in Texas and am wanting to try my hand in or around my local area, if not somewhere in the contiguous 48.I still work Hawaii, but the person I work with is specific to there and I want to take on a lead/independent wholesaler role.

and will have to deal with some fairly unique challenges.You'll probably have more success in Fenton, Holly, Independence Twp or Waterford.Read below for some basic copy & paste advice that may help you.

Example: "I want to build financial independence through real estate investing.

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