These areas usually strike a balance between affordability for investors and demand from tenants with vouchers.

It's all about risk in the event of a lawsuit, which can also usually be covered by insurance.- If you decide to have an LLC for each property, creating a Management LLC that all the other LLCs "hire" to run their books, will allow you to only require a bank accont for the Management LLC.2) You may not be able to do a Trust.

Couple is divorcing, husband wants to keep the property; wants ex-wife's name off of property/loan. 

Will not yet be ready for window treatments as the renovation is still ongoing, and getting closer to time when itemized list of damages are to be furnished. 

A couple of issues you need to be aware of are any ordinances that are in your town or coming up.

It is an area you are likely more familiar with and closer to which could be helpful for your first investment and as @Sarah Kensinger metioned, you may be able to do a MTR.  

Flipping a brand new home likely wouldn’t bring much profit - especially after having to close twice when you first buy it, and later sell it.Maybe you have millions to spend and I’m just missing the big picture… but when I think of “income” I’m usually thinking “net income” after you factor in expenses, like purchase price or building costs?  

Usually the discrepancy lays in poor assumptions:1.

The designer talked about has a completely different account then the designers I usually recommend, and I would have had red flags to begin with.

Also for a BRRRR in general to create enough equity to refinance out your money and create a cash-flowing rental you usually need to start with a VERY distressed property and do a significant rehab.