My primary focus is on maximizing cash flow.Does anyone has experience with STRs in Aspen, I’d love to hear your advice or insights!

Your first year will be a learning experience, you will want to be close to the action, as you may not have the capital to pay someone to handle everything.

I have referred my CPA to several others and everyone has had a positive experience.

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

What can be done or does anyone have any experience using a VA loan after separating recently?

She has quite a bit of experience regarding investment real-estate purchases.

Figure out a question set that helps dive into their expertise as investor-friendly agents, ask about their experience in the investment real estate space, and have them send you a few properties that could meet your goals to show that they can provide quality properties for your to analyze (hint: this is also good to see if they overpromised on their market [ex - Raleigh for cash flow]).Also with the new lawsuit, any agent that knows what they're doing will require you to sign an agency agreement prior to viewing a home.

It happens, which is why I'm posting this story so others can learn from my experience.  

In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

This experience proves that even with challenges, strategic renovations and persistence can lead to a profitable outcome.