For instance, if a homeowner doesn’t have the ability to pay for a home, they also lack the funds for necessary maintenance.

They promised that this would be covered by insurance which we doubted based on our understanding of what is covered due to water intrusion.They came in and ripped out our walls and ripped our floors.

Hey mate,Thick skin is needed on this forum and in business in general 🤷‍♂️I just posted something similar on another thread and the best advice I can give is spending enough time finding the right people on the ground before looking at the prospect of a market or a deal.Especially when doing BRRR out of state which is a very tough gig IMO.You can find the best market, with the best growth potential, find the best deal with the best cashflow but if your realtor isn't genuine, your property manager is incompetent and your contractor is a cheat.You will loose money.Also, underestimate your income and overestimate your expenses on every deal and business opportunity.If you think it won't happen to you, I can tell you right now that it unfortunately will...I've completed hundreds of flips and rarely come in at budget from a rehab standpoint.So keep that in mind.Appraisers are a joke and easily manipulated.They follow weird data and many want to cap you intentionally (No idea why...) on the ARV.They play it safe and can see how much you paid and what you spent on rehab so they will cap the value and come in under fair value on many appraisals.I stopped dealing with selling to investors looking to finance many moons ago as it wasn't efficient from a business perspective and I'm not in the business of using "in-house" lenders and manipulating appraisals like many others do. 

Knew the market was good and knew that I couldn't go wrong if I rented it out considering it was near a popular military base as well.

Most likely one dominates while the other plays 2nd fiddle.

These aren't ranked in any order - just based on boxes checked for cabin searches for the last 12 months.- Mountain views- Onsite fishing/waterfront- Game room/arcade- Wood burning fireplace- Access to pool/swimming- Hot tub- Outdoor firepitIf you have a great mountain view or are waterfront, you are definitely starting out on 2nd base.  

We have an entire follow up automation for call campaigns with AI that shift into text follow ups based on timeframes and responses. 

Now as we started into the work we realized the exterior meter base (10 meter base) is all rusted and will not pass inspection.

Hello All,I wanted to get some feedback based on a recent discussion with my CPA.

I understand brokers are heavily relationship-based so that is probably why I am struggling to find deals that cash flow.