The property I bought is about 7,200 sqft in a gated subdivision near a lake/boat slip with many other plots of land nearby that are around the same size.

I'm in Lake county.

Purchase price: $250,000 Cash invested: $2,500My wife and I invested in our first short term property in Lake Junaluska, NC.

🌎Based in Suwanee, GA (Just north of Atlanta near Alpharetta), and planning to invest in Forsyth County, GA and in Lake Junaluska, NC (30 min outside of Asheville, NC) 💫 I plan to buy either a STR, a BRRR, or flip a nearby property in my zip code to learn more, and find out if this is right for me🏠 First got interested when a very successful colleague and Product Manager at a startup in LA left that world to get involved in STR in Joshua Tree, CA.

I'm looking in Everett, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mt Lake Terrace for those (Everett has already adopted new rules pertaining to the bill, the others are slow rolling a bit and most brokers don't know yet how it will impact value). 

I also have one in Bethany Beach and Lake Harmony, PA.  

Where I live in Lake Tahoe, Nevada there are HOA associations have been poorly run, multiple insurance claims from snow damage, and as a result are increasing fees to cover the low fees of the past and capital expenditures that have been put off for years. 

I did see a few great townhomes but the $960 HOA fee's are grossly out of whack and kill cash flow.Henderson, Summerlin, Spring Valley, The Lakes all have some great properties if you know where to look or have an agent who tends to get pocket listings.

I'm located in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area and am open to properties basically anywhere in southern Michigan (anything south of Muskegon from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron is fair game imo.)I now have a fairly large nest egg of cash beyond all of my other investments (stocks, bonds, treasuries, crypto) and I want to turn that cash into a real estate investment or investments and I think my deep background in tech, systems, and marketing should be able to help me substantially.It seems to me like BRRRR on multifamily units makes the most sense, but I'm open to suggestions.I'm basically retired at this point as the only work I do each week is 3-4 hours of consulting for larger tech companies and I'm on a couple advisory boards.What are the best first steps in building a team and creating the systems necessary to start making deals?

Our lake home we have has not been used as rental income per-say, only a few times, but were looking into that now with a management company.