Hey all BiggerPockets 🖐️Getting started in real estate investing, especially in the realm of land flipping, is something I am very excited about.I'm eager to put my money and effort into it and turn this into my business and possibly make it my main income source.Would love any recommendations on finding a mentor to guide me through the land flipping process.Thanks all!

The problem is that these bad guys are always going to exist, it's like trying to kill ants during a really hot/dry season, there are just more and more of them, and while we need to stand up to them to a certain extent, I personally don't want to give them too much of my bandwidth, I feel the world needs our talents doing the stuff we are good at.Yeah that’s the best advice, move on and spend as little time as possible on them.

It appears to have settled in Georgiawhere the Atlanta Journal Constitution revealed that they took to increasing rent to “as much as $2,000 a monthfor a three-bedroom apartment that previously rented for hundreds of dollars less”.Tides Equity landed in hot water earlier in 2023 when it announced the possibility of a capital raise from itsequity partners.

If you leave it up to them to figure out, they are probably never going too.Another strategy could be to Lease the entire portfolio with an Option to purchase for cash (or terms ) after they pass away.

you'll still need some cashit's just not possible to invest without any cash at all

Getting large quick doesn't mean you can stay large.Regarding their historical returns, everything they sold was before interest rates started rising, so their claim of "$0 investment lost" may be more a function of timing than skill.I'm mostly curious about their massive 544-unit which was bought at about the worst possible time. 

I suppose even a 1/4” layer of sound dampening membrane is better than nothing, but why on earth would replacement of the entire subfloor be required?  

It's illegal for the agent to be compensated for the referral to the title company.It's always possible he is one of the owners of the title company, but he would need to disclose that to you.

If I'm in your shoes, I recommend chatting with some local investors (attend a few meetups) to get a good sense of whats possible and not based on others that have a similar W2 scenario as yours. 

Otherwise, your wife will have to spend (and document) a whole lot of hands-on hours, at least 15 hours every single week, on your two properties, and that is rather unlikely albeit possible.