I'll be honest, my searches have been a little disappointing to find anything that will break even in terms of cash flow.I came across a couple condo-hotel locations and looked into them.

And a forum search didn't turn up much.Who's purchased HUD owned homes?

Facebook groups for landlords: I would search on Facebook for a landlord group and search posts or posts yourself what you are looking for.

Paying 2.4% for total closing costs (which include title search, title insurance, all attorney doc prep and recording fees) seems very reasonable given the relatively low $ purchase price.

There is a large scale project going down that was bought by a Fortune 200 company in my home area that will bring in thousands of jobs and will inevitable make the appreciation skyrocket.

If the properties are managed by a third party management company, 90% of the income / expenses should be summarized by the PM Company.You should be able to get a year to date statement providing you a summary. 

I've been with the company for nine years and loving every minute of it. 

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I could not find this specific question looking through the first half dozen pages of results when I searched in this forum for this question. 

Can anyone recommend a design build company that would handle any zoning needs with the city, as well as complete the construction and leave it rent-ready for me?