I am a voice of common sense and help them come up with the best way to manage STRs.

This will help attract more business to the state, keep it coming! 

After some research online, I am reading that the cost per square foot on a gut renovation of this nature in Stamford CT is anywhere from $150-$350, which is ultimately not very helpful, because at $150 per sq ft, this is a very appealing project with a total profit of ~$175K (46% ROI) and at $350 per sq ft, it very much isn't, because it would be a net loss of 83K (haha).QUESTIONS:What can I do refine my estimate a bit given that I am not allowed to a formal inspection on the property? 

Of course the rate is higher with 15% down, but it helps investors get that property secured with less out of pocket.Happy to help if there's anything you need.

I attended the RALA 3-day training in Phoenix and took a couple of online courses as well, and while I found these courses to be very valuable in helping get a clearer understanding of the space and what it might take to be successful, I eventually I found it most beneficial to bring in a partner/advisor who has built residential assisted living facilities here in Texas and has been running them successfully.

My weekly podcasts will also help you get a better feel of our market and then might help you learn our market quicker and with more data. 

local PM and happy to help with connecting you with agents, contractors, lender etc. and running analysis on investment property.

We both run our own businesses but we feel that real estate will help make sure we both maintain our life plans of not needed to work as much any more.

Your "clients" will disproportionately be elderly people who you will be taught to "help" - somehow you convincing them not to take market value by listing their home, or selling it subject-to, is "help".- In between finding these "clients" you "help solve a problem for" (in the language of the gurus), you will be angrily dismissed by hundreds or thousands of people, if you are able to get into contact with them. - In the extremely unlikely event that you get a property under contract, your assignment fee, in many locations, and probably on average, will be less than the commission a licensed broker would have received for selling the property. - You will be at risk of breaking the law, as many states are creating laws that effectively ban wholesaling, and while wholesaling gurus claim that this is not the case, they are either lying or deluded.

Happy to help out Cosmo, I can tell you a bit more about the area.