I'd also suggest looking into house-hacking for your first deal.But if/when you decide to invest out of state, building your core 4 will be fundamental to your success, https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...

Ensure the property manager is meeting your standards and expectations.Secondary question: Old Listings:Established Reviews: Old listings have a history of reviews, which can attract more bookings and build trust with potential guests.SEO Benefits: Established listings may rank higher in search results on OTAs.Brand-New Listings:Flexibility: New listings can be optimized from scratch based on current best practices and market trends.Promotions: OTAs often give new listings a visibility boost to help them get initial bookings.It's essential to balance the benefits of a property manager handling OTA listings with the need to retain control and flexibility over your property.

My long-term goal is to build up my own real estate empire to leave my job and spend time doing things I truly love.

We are additionally looking for a CPA, and we have already received some legal council.We own a single family condo on the north shore of Massachusetts, and just purchased, with the help of my father, a 4 unit apartment building in the same city.

You can search on here for other realtors in Seattle in the forum and ask themThe question here is who is in the list of agents or other pros when you as an investor trying to find one to build your team.

Auctions are every Tuesday and Thursday in DuPage jail building and day before after 3 PM you can see asking prices.Here is the link:http://www.dupagesheriff.org/CivilProcess/497/

Hard to find a strict A or B-class property in the elderly buildings of Munhall, Homestead, Greenfield, Squirrel Hill.

So, we obtaina full credit report and review collections, chargeoffs, age of credit accounts, active accounts, etc.to build an overall credit evaluation.FICO ScorePct of PopulationDefault Probability800 or more13.00%1.00%750-79927.00%1.00%700-74918.00%4.40%650-69915.00%8.90%600-64912.00%15.80%550-5998.00%22.50%500-5495.00%28.40%Less than 4992.00%41.00%Source: Fair Isaac CompanyPublic RecordsWe also obtain data from national databases about evictions, convictions and sex-offender histories.

You could also instead: get a construction loan and buy a fixer home with no ADU and you build it yourself. usually - I see people buying a home like this for $650k to $700k and then adding the ADU for $100k where you end at $750k to $800k with a well renovated home! 

I did not have anyone that guided me through the "false summit" process with the building department.I was not getting enough 2nd or 3rd opinions at a time when I was still too new to all of this.