I was overwhelmed with projects at the time but paid $35,000 and sold two years later without any improvements for $125,000. 

Be patient with your husband, but you may have to take on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd projects on your own before you see any support from him.

My rule of thumb when walking with contractors is if they talk more about themselves and past projects compared to what they will do on this project thats a hard no. 

• Crowd-sourced projects (think Crowdstreet, Fundrise, Roofstock)• Moving into investment for 2 years and sell (seems extreme and low level of confidence in strong desired results.) • BBD - Bulk everything together into one large investment, cash-out refinance, rinse/repeat (seems like ongoing work like we have today.)• NNN - purchase triple net lease opportunity (1031 everything into it, managed under trust, tenant takes care of everything) • Sell each off the normal way (even spreading out one a year, heavy tax implications and truly diminishes decades of work.) • Give/donate each away-----I expect many here have already been through similar dilemmas and interested in experiences, lessons learned.

Purchase price: $205,000 Cash invested: $350,000 Our first project together.

A few public projects have cleaned this up but the area has never prospered since.

I am looking to connect with people in the industry who are proactive and looking for their next project.

My family also owned a construction company, so I have some experience in handling projects associated with real estate. 

Ask them if they have any projects they are seeking hard money on.

Use tools like AirDNA or Mashvisor to provide market data on projected rental income and occupancy rates, and make sure your lender works with appraisers familiar with short-term rentals.