Surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals will push you forward much quicker than you can imagine.Feel free to connect if you want to learn more.I own 75 units in Albuquerque and know the market pretty well.Jens

I have heard of half at least a dozen contractors getting overpaid and then ghosting their clients just this year.At this point, you just need to get done so I'd be calling daily and trying to get subcontractor information to keep pushing the work myself. 

Make sure you know how to double-check any wholesalers numbers and always get prequalified for your lending steps ahead of time.  

You can find a mastermind group that can help push you along, but at the end of the day you need to do your own due diligence.  

We need your tax returns" they said in January, February, March, and April . . . they pushed the refinances back several months to "give me time" to get my filed returns back (to serve me, right?). 

BP's weekly episodes have been helpful in pushing me along as they frequently hit on things I'm struggling with in my own business!

Did you guys go ahead and get that rental?

This deal has 3 viable exit options: 3) flip to another investor - I got the first look and there are investors interested at above my basis; 2) hold it as rentals long term, pushing rents to market on turns/renewals; 1) the real value - sell them off to owner occupants for substantially higher than my basis in the property.Although I'm looking to buy and hold long term, the upside on the sell-off option is very compelling.

The letter won't arrive until Friday and I wanted to give them a heads up of this information since I'll be using Apartments.com to collect rent.

100k in the markets you mentioned will help push you closer to your goal, especially levered 10x with a 10% down second home loan.