Choosing a professional restoration company seems really important, especially for damage like water, fire, or mold.

This will help direct your search to the right areas, property types and price point.If you're purchasing all-cash, skip that step.Depending on your goal and preferred timeline for closing, the majority of your time should be spent searching for and analyzing deals.Searching: Look at public listing sites; connect with an investor friendly agent and choose 1 to work with who can search MLS and off-market inventory; for additional off-market options, consider growing your own database of wholesalers and homeowners Analyzing: Your agent can send comps and you can also search public listing sites for sold homes.

Good luck with whichever path you choose!

Don't get stuck in the weeds on an app, just choose one.

I was choosing to have the sewer fixed and throwing a bone to the seller to take on the very needed, and extensive tuck pointing SOW myself to help the deal move along.

It will be best to choose one and run with it for a bit so you have a base of comparison for the future - keycheck is a solid start.

It is in a 55+ community so my concern is that I would only be able to choose tenants from certain demographic.

I would love to hear what you choose to do!

I give them an option: $50/mo per pet or $500 up front.Most choose $50/mo/pet.

There are short-term rental management companies that can help with that.One that I work with in Michigan covers the entire state and can advise on local short-term rental regulations or regulations that may be on the way, they can give you an analysis of the demand for short-term rentals in that area, nightly rates in that area, monthly occupancy percentage, and projected monthly income.They also let you choose the level of service you would like from them from full service to minimal.To your success!