I'm in a position to be able to buy what I want, and being new, I am hoping to leverage the group's experience and avoid the headaches one creates for one's self.

It served the purpose well in my case, it was self-paced.

My former journalist self enjoys digging into Colorado laws and counseling my clients on where they can do short-term rentals and under what circumstances.

If you live in Vegas and can self-manage the property, I'd likely recommend sticking to the market you know and have succeeded in.

Is in there, but a great thing you can do now is get your "core 4" figured out - agent/lender/manager/contractor - obviously you can adjust this and do one of the pieces yourself (self-manage for example) or don't need a contractor if you do only turnkey etc but getting this nailed down early is key

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

Folks very often dont  realize the cost of being self employed when every facet of your life comes out of your pocket.

This self claimed "Drug Addict to CEO" doesn't pass the sniff test in my opinion.

I 100% agree on self managing.

I have found it much easer to handle small things my self.