I depleted my savings when I stupidly renovated a house on which I'm not the sole owner on title.

The GFC unfortunately hit all of us lenders pretty hard and I had a concentration in Jackson and ATL and Memphis so I had to move to Jackson for a year to clean up my portfolio I thought I was going to be there for maybe a few weeks but that turned out to be a year and I got very fortunate I was able to rent the developers house at Reunion .

I wouldn't recommend an all-cash purchase, especially out of state as this will deplete your cash reserves (please don't go buy an $80k rental in the hood :-D ).

Gets used sometimes by guests to cleanup something and by the cleaners for any spots.$49 Ring Video Doorbell - https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Video-Doorbell-Venetian-Bronze-2...Kinda the standard for basic video/audio. $59.99 Keurig K-Mini single serve coffee maker - https://www.amazon.com/Keurig-K-Mini-Single-Serve-Coffee/dp/...Great for a second coffee space.

One was a hoarder house they did not want to clean up and sell for ARV, one was a tenant eviction the investor did not want to deal with.

Most experienced people are limited by deal flow, so you offering to bring them deals could be a huge value add to them.And while you are working to meet investors and source deals, I would be doing everything to clean up your credit.  

For example, I have a property that was announced as a grant funding development for 2025, along with the need to buy neighboring lots to clean up the land. 

. $150 plus tax Clean up fee at check out and $22 plus tax per day resort feePRIVATE OWNERS: $100 per day resort fee up to 2 people, $50 each additional person.

There is an old service road behind it where they had to bring hazmat in, to clean up barrels of chemicals. 

The person hired a company to clean up my 3rd house and gave me a surprise of 400 USD bill for the cleaning when it should be at maximum 150/200.