@Tim SwierczekThx Tim, I will certainly give you a buzz when I visit Minneapolis !! 

Thank you for your kind words!

But I don't know what kinds of questions to ask here because I can't wrap my mind around what these things are.I'm finding it hard to research further because of this.

I've seen a ton of amazing deals on paper, but when I visit I notice the house is held together with duct tape and it turns out they have no occupancy permit to be a triplex or whatever.3) The fact that it's been on for 6 weeks does tell you for some reason investors in the area are not interested - because in my experience most multi-units have investors crawling all over them on the listing day, but that could be a variety of reasons and honestly I've seen many similar deals in the slopes over the years - only way to know for sure is go see it. 

I'm out of state so it was kind of a gamble for me to hire them, but they've been great. 

You will find the top markets competition will be high..I see you have lived in CLT but I highly recommend boots in the grounds, too many over analyze and never visit the market or end up going with a turn key provider having no idea where they are investing..Identify neighborhoods in both markets where you find potentials and visit both market to make the best decision.

I'm not in Maine often unfortunately but hopefully sometime I'm visiting will coincide. 

Depends what kind of work you want to do, and what interests you.

I’m a user experience designer by day (i design apps and websitws) and (selfishly) am wondering what kind of pain-points or potential apps, websites, or other digital products you wish existed!

Whether you fix it up or not, you will eat the most by getting it on the MLS......you’ll find all the investors/agents looking for this kind of deal, not the 10% or so you’ll “off market” marketing.