It seems like there's a community of people from NYC that are looking for affordable places to find a second home, and Bard College up by Rhinebeck supplies art graduates that like the lower prices of Kingston to establish themselves after art school.  

In order to become a hard money lender, you will need to do the following:1) Access to Money2) High Risk and High Reward3) Establish a Business4) Get the Word Out

But then you could choose to rent month-to-month (allows for greater flexibility) or enter into another long-term lease (locks you and the tenant in for a specific period).Raising the rent immediately after you buy will make establishing a good relationship with your tenants harder.

Others are builders or developers that can get some economy of scale going, same for established flippers.IMO, for one-off new construction, leave it to the pros.

Would love to connect, meet up (in person or zoom), maybe even establish a mentor or two to continue to grow.

I'm taking a trip soon to check out another modular company in northern cali who is more established and VERY responsive and the s2A location in Patterson happens to be on my way.

These difficult work, but low paid roles are hard to fill right now.My rambling post is arriving at this;   I'm not going to pull back this house off this PM, but what I just heard, what we hear on trhe news, I honestly can't imagine a single reason to trust putting your valuable and hard worked for rental on any PM,,, except the very very best run and highly established. 

Hopefully by the time a client questions my experience, I've had an opportunity to create rapport with them and establish enough of a relationship that I'll be able to reassure them I have the support and resources to get the job done, despite my lack of experience.

Your qualifying criteria needs to be established before an assesment can be made if you qualify.Things like:credit scoreemployment historyincome and assetshow many properties you ownhow much in liabilities showing up on credit report.If you'd prefer not to answer these here then we can address off forum.

At this point, the seller needs to think about the future.The future starts with re-establishing their credit.