The fact that you  already had two closings in your 1st four months is amazing.

Iowa you may not assign contracts for compensation attornies wont close those.. same in South Carolina..

Purchasing a “distressed” property and “repositioning” it requires significant capital for improvements, build outs, holding costs, maintenance.In looking for that “needle in a haystack” slam dunk great deal you’re competing with very knowledgable, greatly experienced investors with the cash to make no contingency offers and close in a few days.  

I See your located close to where I am in Florida.

I just closed a DSCR loan on a Duplex with Total Quality Lending.

These agents work for free till they close a deal, so make sure you know that going into it. 

@Jenna SchulzeAs a newbie investor with limited capital, I’d invest close to home.Invest in areas you know well.I’ve been in the RE industry since 1978 and people always ask me:What’s the best market to invest in?

How big do you want to scale or how many closed deals (or more importantly how much profit) are you trying to do per month?

Originally posted by @Kathy Fettke:Account Closed and like I mentioned earlier, we found out about their shenanigans very quickly, so only a handful of people contacted them, and we immediately removed them from our referral list.this has happened to all of us in the industry myself included..

There are some exceptions, but the HOA dues normally kill your returns and there are all kinds of other issues having tenants living close together.