Vermont is also considering a state wide occupancy requirement for STR operators which, if passed, would decimate the market.

You can go to Pricelabs.co and subscribe to their market dashboard for your area and see exactly how much other similar properties are earning.

We're thinking for incoming leads a google voice number, website to collect seller information, and an acquisitions email address through our google domain. 

This particular JV was structured to encourage a quick turnaround by increasing the rate of return if not completed and on the market by month 4.

I am starting out in my real estate investing journey and was hoping to see if fellow investors recommend pursuing short sales, banked owned properties and foreclosures, versus pursuing typical MLS properties or off market properties with distressed properties or sellers.  

There's a lot of information on how to find cash buyers as a wholesaler, but what about how to find wholesalers in markets that I'm looking at investing in?

Or are there specific caveats and things I should know about the Columbus market? 

Locate a market.3.

It's not in a neighborhood that I would invest in for a rental and the market doesn't look that great for a flip. 

Bump them up close to market rate, but consider keeping it 5-10% below market as an incentive for them staying.