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

Do you get a lot of leads on Furnished Finder?

Keeping in touch with people in the field might help you keep updated and perhaps lead to profitable collaborations.By thoroughly researching, budgeting wisely, and managing your projects carefully, you can successfully flip houses even in a new state.

Floods lead to heavy vegetation growth.B. 

I don't know if theirs is too good to be true and actually I think the fact that they have the VA system set up to work on leads for you is a huge plus.

My research was leading me to Stessa.

A lot of people tend to mingle these things when they talk about "break even" or "cap rate", but that leads to a lot of confusion.Let's use some real numbers which may be easier to understand. 

I told them, I've tried renting before during February, March and have found little to no leads because my community usually caters to families with kids in school etc.

Generally buying in nicer areas leads to better experiences and confidence in your investing, but lower cash flow when you move out.

I don't think the typical sub-to deal would lead to equity skimming because they are likely close to foreclosure and there isn't enough time to rent the unit back out and make money allowing the unit to go to foreclosure.