We have a great Metro-parks system, excellent zoo and museum, and fantastic minor league sports teams (Toledo Mud Hens, Walleyes, a new minor league soccer team starting this year, and one of the oldest professional women's football teams).

So in other words all the hard and time consuming tasks are already done and the property is cash flowing from day one".It is very important you do not just invest on faith, learn the area, the team you intend on working with, really drilling down if the boutique supplier is offering you value for your strategy.

If you're going to wholesale, you need to have a knowledgeable real estate agent on your team or access to sufficient data to run your own comps.

As I have professional contractors on my team, even if I did, it would not be an unsolvable problem, but then, I'm not into DIY either :)

I think the key is that you need a team in whichever market you're in.

PM me if you would like to team up to find a deal!

I am guessing it is just finding the right lender and proving your systems and team will bring the investment back up, correct?

We are a Brokerage that is... investor friendly.We understand the mindset because... we are all also investors ourselvesA lot of the investors we work with/for found us because we belong to the local REIA's, or were recommended to them by other investors.Check into REIA's in your area...The benefit is... the team.

The issue now seems assembling my power team. 

They are building a team together with specializing in the hospitality industry.