But I have seen and heard some really funky stories so I’m here to see what experiences others may have had. 

I would also prioritize trying to replace your regular 9-5 job and then gradually increasing your income with more experience.

Does anyone have experience in this market and can recommend good local managers?

A bad tenant can screw things up royally and/or make your day to day life harder than necessary especially if you have little experience with such matters.

Hi,I am trying to decide whether to stay with Travelers and increase my deductible or switch to Steadily, which is much cheaper.

I'm using my logic not my experience to come up with this but I'm hoping to get some insight from experienced BP members on the oder of opperations for attacking a rehab.thanks in advance.

In my experience, its already too late to get a deal if its already listed in such websites.

@Alessa LeSardefinitely - most hard money lenders will loan you some percentage of the purchase and the rehab (85-100 depending on your experience level, number of deals, relationship with them, etc.)  

I have acquired my experience from working on my personal live-in-flips and building ADUs, as an owner builder and self-performing most of the work.

For what it's worth, my current job has a very high barrier to entry in terms of experience/licensing so I can get hired tomorrow and make the same money if I ever needed to come back.