Short-term rentals like Airbnb can perform well in tourist-heavy areas like Vegas, but be sure to check local regulations.

One way to do this is with brand new construction.

The only exceptions I can think of are a lack of experience frustrating your financing process or where the GC has such a well established brand that a buyer will pay a premium for a home built or renovated by that particular contractor.

If you're sure the land will appreciate on it's own, I don't see any harm in going for it, unless of course your money can perform better elsewhere, which it probably can.

What we have is a good spreadsheet with a list of tasks, and as they perform the tasks, I've been paying him via Zelle. 

If I ever brought any of them a deal by.a rookie investor in a market they do not know, with work performed by a GC that has 0 relationship with the investor, they would laugh at me.PML is not just Potsy from Happy Days. 

I believe it is a larger issue than what we define as the economy, which is mostly measured in corporate profits and Wall Street performance, this is not what the average person perceives.

Im brand new here too.

Replaced both toilets with brand new ones, replaced the 2 car- garage door with a brand new one, had all the walls freshly painted, put brand new baseboards in, and had the kitchen cabinets painted as well.

Robert Lane, best real estate agent so far I Know Keep or sell comes down to performance of the investment.