Hi Mae--check with Mike & Nicole Borowski at Homestead Realty---they offer licensing at a discount and low brokerage fees which are perfect for an investor. 

Instead of the cash flow you see on paper, you’re looking at high vacancy, high maintenance and no cash flow.

Travelers in any field usually have streaming TV services so we get SmartTVs with high speed WiFi.

I've been on the sidelines with real estate investing for about 2 years now given this highly volatile and high interest rate environment (at least relative to recent years).

It will depend on the size of the house, the scope of work, and the quality of materials used.

We have been investing in real estate investing for about 15 years as a hobby and are looking to shift things into high gear. 

As far as damage to wood molding I saw estimates of up to $4000 to repair...that's really high.

Based on national averages, the home should rent for $1,500 or more.If you don't keep up with market rates you will attract lower-quality renters, you won't have money to make major repairs, and you'll eventually get behind on maintaining the property, which means it will appreciate slower, attract worse renters, rent for lower rates, etc.

I put a post on the Classifieds looking for wholesalers in my area as 99.9% of properties on the MLS are priced to high and the ones that are affordable have intense competition.

I literally couldn’t even make offers on 5 of the 7 houses I looked at last month.