Do you have a website you really like or feel like you want to model yours after?

This is a very difficult business with dozens of moving parts that need to be managed and mitigated through expertise and ability.

I believe these posts are influenced by the pay for education syndication model.

As an out of state investor, I would find a solid agent who understands real estate investing in the area and utilize their expertise. 

I'm in the process of researching information and talking to people in FB groups who are actually succeeding in the shared housing model of investing.

You’ll check if their work is good, if they look like they know what they’re doing, if they have a late-model pickup truck—things that indicate they are competent and professional.When a motivated seller does a Google search, they’re no different.

While the arbitrage model didn’t work out as I’d hoped, it turned out to be a valuable learning experience.

I would start looking at what type of properties you're going to acquire and where and then start backing into what they might cash flow and cost and where that money is going to come from. 10 year back of the napkin model/ assumptions1 unit at $60k is $18k down payment at 70% LTV and lets just assume it cash flows $100/month no matter what for easy math.

It's a sucky business model.

Hi Andrew, thank you for your expertise!