You will not watch the money and payouts and bookings and end up losing more hiring a big firm to do what should only be done by local hosts.

If you are unsure consult a local. also consider a roof inspection and if you need help with that visit Roof mclean va. 

Personally, local is best but without knowing more about you, it might not be a good approach.

To add to that, Dave's local bank, where he took out the loans for his properties, either went bankrupt or was bought out by another bank.

Local laws are going to play a big part in this. 

Good Evening I'm interesting in finding a local lender in Shreveport with favorable terms.

I wanted to organize a meet up with any locals in the area or out of state investors who want to network and talk real estate! 

As the local governments struggle to manage tax payer money responsibly, they should really offer incentives to private builders to build "income restricted" at a much lower price. $220-$300/ft for vertical build costs.  

We plan to start in NYC and then create a network across the country, so we'd have local market experts. 

I would check out some local meetups and meet with as many investors as I can.