Hi @Ben Lacascio, depending on the proximity of your property to Duke or the other local universities and its suitability as a student rental, the timing of the semesters might be something to consider as well. 

I was under the impression hard money loans weren’t suitable (or even available) for buy and hold?

I find a suitable house for myself and loan the down payment to a friend who purchases it in their name. 

Unless you have more income than you can handle now I am guess you will be forced to move to find a suitable home you can afford, if at all around Newport.  

When I switched jobs and needed to get a suitable replacement for my personal and business use my wife convinced me to go with a Mac.

I'm open to looking into more properties, but I've also had a difficult time finding suitable property management in the Youngstown area.  

I'd be happy to chat if you like..Mainly, people who scale up quickly generally have lots of cash and/or are doing "more advanced" financing with a suitable market.  

Folders one may name for what ever purpose they deem suitable. 

We had a number of conference calls and emails/texts with Jekyll over the next few months, turned down a number of prospects, and finally agreed on a property - after Jekyll had “his” contractor give us a full rehab estimate.Jekyll’s compensation was to be a share of the total gain, and/but, as planned, he did not put up any of his own money - his job was to find a suitable property, broker the purchase, manage the rehab, and bring the project to a successful sale, in which he would be our selling agent/broker.It took almost twice as long to rehab than planned, and almost 2x the budget - but we still had room for a fair profit.

Yes, but you must have the marketing skills to find a suitable property/seller and the knowledge to negotiate and contract on such a property.