Cutting to the meat of the situation, I came across a property that looked like a fixer upper, typical investment grade property.

There are a lot of shiny internet companies touting their HELOC, but you will do better with a local bank every time.

@Shuvrajit Mukherjee agents already have tools that do a lot of that like Remine or Realist.

You send mailers and attached to a mailer is a sample of your latest baby-cow rack of tenderness.You send all these vegans a mailer asking them to buy your baby-cow burgers.Half of your mailers get returned.Now, do you really think the accuracy of any skip trace company is going to make a difference getting any of your burgers sold?

This negative position can consume years of cash flow to recover.

If the seller is trying to avoid legal issues with the city for illegally operating a property I would get out of that.

Worked on the remodel until the end of August. 

Hello,One of my single family rentals that is outside of Atlanta, was heavily damage in a fire and most likely would require a full rebuild. 

Profile here for reference: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/amyb289It stood out as oddly out of place to me to the point where I recalled it and was able to dig it up tonight.Anyway, again...

This may be challenging with both of you in full-time W2 jobs, but worth considering if one of you can transition to real estate part-time.Alternatively, the Short-Term Rental (STR) loophole offers another path.