Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

$140,000 in student debt here.

There is a great group of members on here to connect with.

That said, there are tons of tourists here. 

No different than someone trying to daisy chain or work around a wholesale contract and investors here think that is immoral or unethical, but doing it to a agent is just fine.

I must choose between incurring substantial management fees each year or self-managing the property as I originally intended, but without the security that a deposit typically provides.In curious if anyone knows what my legal options would be here.

So I am turning to the BP community at large to see if anyone here has any personal recommendations?

I plan to remove two existing houses and build ~3 new ones.If anyone here had similar projects in Bellevue, I’d love to connect and learn from you.

Yes...some states are what we call tax lien states, some are tax deed states and some states are hybrid.You can read more about CT tax sales here:  http://cttaxsales.com/http://cttaxsales.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/GENERAL-INF...

lately, I’ve been thinking about many different strategies regarding real estate.I originally did wholesaling for a few months but ended up stopping bc it just took up too much of my time especially with my full time job.second, I thought of having rentals but I was hesitant bc I live in NJ & the rental laws here aren’t the greatest and it’s hardly any deals that can justify for the rent to cover the mortage in this expensive market.Right now ive been thinking about possibly flipping properties in my own back yard NJ or possibly out of state where home prices are much lower in certain markets.Anyone have advice if I should possibly flip properties where I live in NJ (blue state) or possibly go into another market and flip virtually..?