Next step will be to start analyzing deals for practice and asking others for feedback on my analysis.

Just the first step alone is a bit of a deterrent. 

I haven't ever found an easy money scheme and in my experience when everyone and their uncle starts jumping on the bandwagon it might be time to take a step back and wait for the correction.  

I bought my first single family LTR earlier this year as a buy & hold, now starting to explore next steps.

Does this approach make sense as a first step for us?

I’m glad your contractor and agent stepped up when things got messy.

If so, are there any steps I need to take that would allow this to happen?

I would go a step further and say there is a Thought-Cancer in US Society today that people feel there not only entitled to affordability, but that it's focused to and for THERE "affordability".

Hello Federico, Congrats on having 300k saved up and ready to invest, that is a huge first step!

My friend stepped in, struck a deal, and got the property at a fantastic price.Targeting Heirs Directly: Probate attorneys are great, but another angle is reaching out to heirs directly.