Unless you're a very seasoned investors, the value in committing to the right agent should be in their vast local market knowledge, expertise of their lane, transactional experience and so on.

With 20 years in wholesaling, I’ve seen it’s often best to focus on either acquisitions or dispositions when starting out—it helps you build expertise faster.

.- Once your time is more impotant to you then the cost of a PMC, you can hire one.2) Hire a PMC to guide you on your first rental and learn from their expertise.- You can buy additional properties and DIY manage those, perhaps leaning on the PMC for any issues you're not sure how to handle on your own.Good luck:)

They also have a pay-as-you-go setup, so you’re not stuck in a subscription—just a simple, practical option for better skip tracing.If you haven't already I would consider giving Prime Tracers a shot.

When I used to have RE Broker in my title ( I still have the license just dont practice) I would get folks pinging me about Vegas about once a quarter or so and I would hand those leads to my Daughter  she made some pretty awesome connections from a few of those folks that bought multi million dollar homes..

Starting with single-family homes and growing a portfolio one step at a time seems like a practical approach.

If so, can anyone recommend any best practices?

Drawing from your industry expertise, what would you consider the average success rate for Fix-and-Flip investments, and which localities offer the most potential?

They might be fine managing new construction, but I have seem MANY investors almost tank from their fee schedule on managing older homes...i would compare it to almost predatory practice.

I have looked around online, but haven't had any luck yet, i have local real estate agent there, but they are not expertised on those distressed properties.