I recently read in an article from Star News Online that insurance rates for non owner occupied coastal properties are likely to go up 10% this year. 

The great news is the state will pay for the extermination.

In a recent article, I made the case that Zillow's Zestimate appears to be highly reliant on the list price of a property; which makes it far less helpful for valuing unlisted properties.

Here is a cleaning offered by the Homeaway Community:https://cms.homeaway.com/files...Here is an article about hiring a Housekeeper that might be handy: Questions to ask when hiring a HousekeeperThe Homeaway Community has a lot of good resources like this and also a forum for owners & travelers.

The good news is your coming across those opportunities the next step IMO is constantly scanning and being patient. speaking as an investor not an agent

@Coleman FierstI'm not clear whether you're targeting folks looking to buy apartment buildings or SFH.Anyway, I wrote an article on how to target large MFH.

What books or articles did you read?

@Dexter TiggsThere are plenty of articles on this site about wholesaling. 

The good news is you can speed up this process of developing “grit “ .to mimic landlording .

@Cole Bigbee Do you have any books or articles that you’ve read that’s helped you along your journey ?