Now this is something you will learn by trial and error, but remember, even if it is not in tip top shape, you can fix it up (make sure you have a $1000-$1500 budget for this), and still make nothing but money.

was filed with King County Courts with a trial date for one year.

They have a 14-day free trial to test it out.

Start with a Small Project as a Trial: Consider starting with a smaller project to evaluate the contractor's performance before committing to larger endeavors. 

The EXP Rep I spoke with was also quick to make that same point.So I decided to take a look at EXP & started the 10 day trial today.

I’d totally recommend doing the beyond 30 day free trial and spend a bit of time obsessing.

This is what other investors, non believers, and lenders will be asking you(or variations of the questions).

But I'm thinking about a similar approach in the sense of identifying off-market properties on which to make offers (I'll be signing up for Propstream's trial to see how well that list-building effort works).How have you fared in finding off-market deals with your approach?

There's 40 hosts in the neighborhood so I guess it's a trial and error business.

I think doing proper due diligence is the key, along with an investor educating themselves (which takes time) and also taking a hard look at themselves to making sure they understand their own risk tolerance, how much they are willing to put into real estate versus other options, and then how they best want to divvy up that allocation among the many RE strategies, asset types, capital stack variations, etc.