Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

That should cover him and you, all verbal is dangerous as one contractor might miss a lot, one might expect more work, then you'll have apples and oranges bid.

I've always joked that I would quickly be in the used furniture biz if STR collapsed.I own 66 beds if you could trundles/daybeds/futons etc.I usually use a designed and the actual frames typically come from West Elm, Pottery Barn, Wayfair and sometimes Amazon. 

The returns are all based on the deals and the leverage is similar. 5 smaller properties is more liquid and the risk is lower since finding 1/5 bad apples is better than finding 1/1 bad oranges.

Does anyone know if the book is available at a local bookstore or Barnes and Noble?

The best and most accurate way is to have your real estate agent run the comps.If you want to do it yourself you can look up CLOSED SALES on Realtor.com, Redfin, Zillow, etc.Just make sure you are comparing properties apples for apples when determining the ARV.

I'm a flipper, yet there are a lot of buy and hold types in this market, it's about 2 hours from the Big Apple (dated).

@Nghi Le as @Ian Barnes mentioned you really have to have a solid and I mean SOLID team.

@Ian Barnes I got a questions for you

@Ian Barnes sorry you have a bad taste in your mouth from out of state investors.