Hey folks,Sorry for the rather broad discussion - I've got a bit of an odd situation right now which is rather time-sensitive, so I wanted to get this out sooner (even in a more broad & vague form) rather than later.I've decided to quit my relatively high paying job in the near future to travel for awhile (couple years, visiting home ever few months or so) and possibly even retire early.

Doing a few wholesaling deals, will give you the funds to clear up your debts, save some money as reserve, and then leverage to borrow more money in the future if you want to fix and flip or buy and hold.Research "wholesaling real estate" in BP, YouTube, Blogs, etc.I love wholesaling.

Have reserves and don’t over leverageFear is false evidence appearing real Don’t let fear about the unknown future events make your decisions for you today

If they do then they will be in handcuffs in the very near future.2.

I actually plan to live here for a while and look into doing either turnkey or local BRRRR investing depending on the deals I'm able to do to get the supplemental cash flow for future deals. 

Also, as far as good signs for a market: look for job growth, population growth in the area in the last several years, see how many major employers are there, whether these major employers can sustain the population growth, whether these are the types of employers that will remain for a long time (in demand, like a Hospital or  College), also how close is a town to the large metro, can people get to work under one hour.

I hope your experience helps others. forums like this will make it harder for scammers in the future and this posting has and will protect others from making the same mistake.

Get a VERY thorough inspection of the building done to estimate future repairs. 

This is also a full time job for many of us and our livelihood depends on our deal flow and we need capital to sustain it.

Where are you getting your containers from. do you have a good supply for future buys.