I actually host the local sw mo pints and properties meetup and you can bump elbows with local investors that are new and trying to grow their base as well.

Partnering with Seth Choate provided valuable local insights, making this an attractive and strategic investment for Partner Driven.

You may be able to hire a local home inspector, for example.

Right now, I'm looking in other markets, but always hoping to find something additional local to invest in.Nice to meet you!

My brother-in-law/ real estate partner rented a home on Emerald Isle and met a property manager and they spoke and started a relationship.... three weeks later we owned this home.

It makes no sense and shows how horrendous the "training" is for wholesalers.My “favorite” is the new and inexperienced people who think that they can sit at home, scan a local MLS, somehow identify underpriced properties that every experienced investor and all home buyers and real estate brokers/agents missed, tie up the property with “borrowed” fully refundable  earnest money, no proof of funds, no approval of financing, post their “find” on a real estate website, appropriate someone else’s buyers list, and profit a minimum of $20k per.  

Are they licensed which means state MLO and NMLS registration if they are it has to be on the first page of their website by law. 

Should I hire a local PM company for long term to manage the property?

Justin Abdilla (a buddy of mine) would be a great connection for this. he's a local attorney here.

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