Sorry for the long winded question, I don't have many people to bounce ideas off.

Sorry to hear about your job story but it looks like you're bouncing off nicely.

@Joe Mueller Hi Joe, I would say caution is needed, but not necessarily more than any caution a new investor faces with going in new to a business just not having anyone successful to bounce problems off of. 

If they are big they may have money and assets to go after and will settle.If this is a group that stays in town for awhile for a job and bounces county to county or state to state I really don't think you will get much out of them.Those contractor types already have tons of problems and are usually uncollectible even if you win anything.

Impossible for me to say.Let me bounce this question back at you.. if you could have kept it by getting some cash out, or arranging some financing for your next deal instead of selling.., would you have been upset today if you had kept it?

Anyway go to my page or what ever it is and connect with me so we can bounce things off each other.

There are also some really great facebook groups with active members bouncing ideas off of each other.

The most important thing is to pick a location and get to work on networking with people there, learn as much as you can about the market, and commit to it and you will waste far less time bouncing around a never ending list of cities in hopes of finding the next "best" location. 

I'm interested in being able to talk.. communicate with other investors and create a solid network of people I can bounce ideas off of but that I can help as well.

One thing that's helpful here is to bounce your analysis off other investors, realtors, and lenders in your area to get it refined before you put it to the real test.