The NC is since 2019, so I can hold on a bit longer.  

Plumbing/electrical, etc. is not for the faint of heart and only make sense to me if you are looking a buying and holding for an extended period of time.

My name is Sonia and I'm excited to start my real estate adventure starting with buying & holding properties in Maryland. 

This last deal this week, they did not disclose that you don’t even hold title to the property, but still have to buck up first.

My advice to any first time investor is to only buy a property you are willing to hold long term.  

I am new to the real estate game within the past year.

Estimating a project is time consuming and hard to get a hold of contractors that do this the proper way. 

@Austin WoodAs others have said you will need to be very careful of whatever you hold back from the security deposit.

Memphis holds unlimited opportunities.

To the extent that a price reduction may make a "stale" listing appealing, worry not, you will get those notification emails on auto pilot anyways.Start doing the compare and contrast, maybe make a spreadsheet to evaluate opportunities, play a game of "spot the patterns."