I will be working mostly in the SE Michigan area as I am familiar with that area the most, but if there's a good enough deal and I can make it work I'll follow the deals.

As far as lending goes I did not plan on using hard money, If I can present a good enough deal I shouldn't have a problem having someone cosign for me if needed.  

Do you think that this is the result of not getting good enough deals?

The strategy is good enough to deter lawsuits, give some degree of anonymity(almost truly impossible), and enough of a liability shield. 

., Even with a poor performing 2020, I don't think this one year will be a good enough datapoint to show how investing in the Bay Area has done comparatively this cycle, or even if it's a good idea to re-invest OOS at this time.

Good enough for me.I'm a member of the association in my field at work, I go to their annual meetings (but not every year). 

My business expenses are paid from my cash flows.I'm not the smartest guy in the world when it comes to accounting or even analyzing deals, but my banker keeps writing me checks and has committed to funding several million dollars, and my accountant thinks I am pretty smart, so that's good enough for me.I'm not a speculator who is betting on the come.

Double check and laws in your state, but I am pretty sure the fact that it was professionally cleaned is probably good enough... also... if there were major health concerns Fannie Mae would have had to remediate it before they were even able to sell (ever see those really ugly rudimentary porches that you can tell were slapped on???

Jeremy, I'm not sure if that's a good enough deal.

If you get the property at a good enough price, that will protect your equity in the deal.