If you are doing your due diligence to determine what you can and cannot do re utilities, I strongly recommend that you do not reach out to the local PM (if you go that route) but ask a supervisor in the city you are dealing with that handles utilities.

Best advice I can give is either do RE or the pizza biz - but not both!

3- what types of accountants and lawyers do RE investors use?

When I "retire" from it I will be able to do RE full time. 

I do RE wholesale in JAX, however I focus on single family homes.

Do RE attorneys specialize in one type of property type?  

Hey allI've heard people do re-financing quite often and was wondering if this was a viable strategyBasically what I am thinking of doing is - and keep in mind I'm currently un-employed, living in Canada but wanting to invest in the US and have no money in my pockets to invest in anythingSo: 1- finding a property below value with a motivated seller and all that2- finding a lender who would lend 100% of the deal for 6-12 months3- refinance the property and pay back the lenderThis is a really simplified version of what I thought of doing so I guess my next question is how doable is this?

I wanted to post the same thing - I essentially did with my topic asking for rent-to-price ratio data across the country.I appreciate what many have said about (1) the best place to do RE is where you live (2) there are deals wherever you are (3) it will be easiest and most effective in the long run to keep investment properties close by.But like someone else said, what about if you live in CA?

They usually over-quote, but the pro to that is they have never gone over budget in the few projects I've done with them.I was originally going to shop around for a more affordable GC, but it may be worth paying a bit extra to have that trustworthy relationship for the first few BRRRR houses until I can retire from my traveling job and do RE full time.

Often we think we have all the answers and I know I never do. Relying