If you are against PM's than you might want to consider partnering with someone with strong decision-making skills.

The skilled wholesalers in NJ have their buyers list and won't go through the hassle of putting a property under contract that doesn't meet the criteria of the buyers on that list.

I’d love to hear if your biggest home runs have been from: a) buying an existing STR, tweaking it with your own unique skill set and applying your experience-proven enhancements to be a top performing property, orb) converting a previously non-rental property into an STR?

They do not have the skills so these one offs that go way off track is their business, they know you'll never work with them again. 

If you got carpentry skills, it doesn't look like it would cost that much to repair.

One of my mentors always says that, "Making a quick decisions is an important skill"! 

Hey Emily- It sounds like you have a lot of complementary skills to offer. 

My friend would LOVE to get to the bottom of this before they spend their time on what yields a smaller harvest.What's more valuable Skills or Stripes?

LOL  If there's going to be problems down the road, their advice or forethought as to the planning/building of the structure, at least the flooring/layering on top of the existing structure, is going to be sooooo vital. 

I think both need a great deal of people skills being able to deal with multiple different people with multiple different desires in the transaction and being able to balance all of that is hard work in of itself.