So I've gone through, and taken notes on Brandon Turners, 'The Book on Managing Rental Properties', which is phenomenally helpful to get a lot of groundwork, and structure towards building a business for real estate, tons of info, forms, links, and general best practices, I love it, this post isn't just to gush about that however.

Including laying a lot of ground work in terms of the government cooperation.

(Example answer - ROI expectations will vary based on exit strategy and loan amount)All around I would also try to get a feel if that lender would have a vested interest in your goals, or if you aren't sure of your goals, they should be helping you on laying that groundwork to help you scale.Hope that was helpful!

None of this costs money, and this is all part of the groundwork that goes into investing.

I'm really ambitious and would do the necessary ground work.

How it is deeded will make a huge difference in the route to take, as well as what groundwork the previous owners laid. 

If so, you can ask them to do a FaceTime walk-through with you as you'd eventually be paying them a commission as well so they'll be willing to do some boots-on-the-ground work for you. 

My goals for 2022 are laying the groundwork for my investing dreams.

Lay the ground work.  

I'd find the deal and the buyer and he could do the boots on the ground work and signing.