In some areas, we board up the 1st floor windows until we are about to start marketing the property.

house hacking is great start, that's how i started in the business. would love to connect

Just waiting to close now and then I’ll get started on a renovation.

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.As @Todd Heitner mentioned, SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlier:Now whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, BacklinksNow if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.

Because it’s how I got started in real estate investing.

Starting locally vs. out of state:I always recommend starting locally if it aligns with your goals.

I started with $25k and I bought the cheapest distressed 2/1 SFH I could afford. 

But first, I'd like to know where you're starting from.

This fundamental slow in housing starts has caused household formation to outpace new homes (single and multifamily) by 2.3 million between 2012-2022 (Source).

I grew up in Bucks County and started my career in Real Estate in Doylestown.