My profession is a heavy equipment operator in excavation.  

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $400,000 Sale price: $300,000 5,000 SQFT 2 Story Historic Brick Building. 2 Apartment newly renovated. 1 Gift Shop, 1 Restaurant w/ Bar, 1 Office area, All Restaurant and Equipment included plus tables and POS system.

Even though I stated my requirements carefully, there were a lot of people seeking day work, people with no equipment, people who seemed very flaky, and almost noone with an actual landscaping company.

@Marcus Auerbach Hit the nail on the head, news that just shared the news, no spin, no leaning any direction, just information to equip viewers to form their own opinions and leanings from....

I went through 4 project managers, one who stole supplies and equipment from me, one whose work I had to completely redo and one who pocketed my money (he was a “friend”) and ghosted me.

Find a realtor you like working with, educate your realtor, equip them with the right underwriting software/process, connections to local vetted GCs, and a detailed breakdown of your criteria and stick with them as they stick with you.

Ideally I would like to see a place that not only establishes their citizenship but equips them with an education and carry license with training and a firearm so if any of their old predators try to re-abduct them on the way to their career, they can justifiably blow them away.

As someone who deals with pool equipment failures, and landscaping water leaks and keeping a gas BBQ spic and span for every guest, I would highly recommend looking into condos and townhouses over SFRs.With the HOA taking care of the pool and the grounds, and with a good STR cleaning service (I can recommend one) you could manage this from afar and potentially skip paying a management company to do it for you.

Again, you'll learn the complexities of it, what makes a good manager and be better equipped to hire one when you need one)

Once you get to a stage that you are well equip and bag the expertise in your niche, you have to learn to use other people's talent (OPT).