She actually was a junior attorney in the closing of my house and decided to no longer practice law and become a realtor instead,  her legal knowledge is extremely helpful.When you are buying you can use my strategy. 

Hope some of this insight could help with your decision if you decide to take the leap! 

Some other investors had purchased it to flip it and decided they had too many projects going to handle one this big.

I found the son on Facebook and sent a quick intro giving my condolences, expressed my interest in purchasing the property, and provided my phone # in case he decides to follow up.I'm in the process of preapproval with a couple lenders, and have reached out to a couple realtors in my area to see which may be a good fit.

We have 3 long term rentals now and we can’t decide if it would be a better investment to go short term or stay long term. 

Where do you decide to place one ?

Any one of us could give you our two cents on the math of it, but only you can decide if it makes sense based on what your specific goals are. personally, i paid points on my house because my goal was lowest possible monthly payment.

My brother and I have decided to join this community in hopes of getting a good start in the world of Flipping. 

I've purchased a couple of my investment properties directly from property management clients who decided to sell. 

Sorry, have not been on in a while - I did not attend the event and currently have decided not to pursue RAL and focus on our single family and multifamily properties.