Congrats on your new adventure!

Without that it will be a tough task to accomplish unless you work out some custom structure or bring the GC on the loan with you so you can leverage their direct experience.

Free now to start a new adventure. 

My recommendation would be to tell yourself you are going to do 1 real estate investment related task a day / every two days / every three days (whatever that cadence looks like for you).

Have you heard of task rabbit? 

You could save some labor costs by taking on some of the demolition tasks yourself.

My reason for this post is to hopefully find a mentor to work with to get me started on this adventure into the real estate world.

Those a little more adventurous might try an “enhanced” buy and hold whereas they take advantage of the following1.

Instead, a hybrid approach could be more cost-effective and aligned with your goals.Why Full-Service Property Management Might Not Be Necessary:Based on my experience, Evolve is a popular "half-service" property manager, which means they handle tasks like creating professional listings, managing dynamic pricing, guest communication, and advertising on platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.