Lastly more to my point - I thought you worked for a MF syndication in the past that I was not sure but wanted to mention and that you are not just someone coming off the street having never been involved in a deal (unlike a lot of others).  

And , since I had been working in an industry I really wasn’t passionate about, this was my chance to try an industry that I have had a passion for for the last 12 years or so.

I have been educating myself for the last 6 months on Real Estate Investing!

Check out traceestate.com I have been using them and the sourcing company that they incorporated for the last few years.

As an investor you want to really do your research on comps for the last 12 months.

@Paige Gardner it depends on the person. hml are my last resource, it's a option for sure. 75% too high for me. that's the game for them, that's how they make its money. don't take it off the table but definitely explore ur options. 

The limit on scaling is your deal flow (mine never was that good) and time it takes to perform the value add (I got fairly quick for example, my last rehab did all new plumbing, electrical, and flooring.  

I have spent the last few years reading many books on real estate, taking real estate courses, researching, saving as much as I could, investing (to increase my purchase power) and finally feel I can begin my real estate journey this year. 

I have grown insanely skeptical of BP over the last 5 years, yet somehow I am trying the lead generation for both property management and now as a featured agent.

Last month, I was projecting to see the inventory numbers rise with seasonality and get a slight bump from Hurricane Helene, but that has proven to not be the case.