CRMs are fantastic tools to track your relationships and help you grow them.

It’s a process and you have so many great tools at your disposal through this site.

There’s a lot of opportunity in that ditch right now very popular for year-round living as well as short term rentals. 

@Nathan ForbesShort term rentals are getting more and more popular in the Tampa-St.

Worse case, it should be easy to remove the tile with a 5 in 1 tool and some light tapping from an edge.

I am from New York looking to do my first fix & flip in north NJ or even suburbs of New York.I have 40K In capital, 800 credit , I'm trying to find a way to get my first deal with those numbers (If I am too optimistic let me know in the comments) .I'm at the point where I'm looking for areas and neighborhoods that I can make the most of with the tools I currently have, but I don't even know what to look for.I think I'm on the right track but any suggestions or advice would be super beneficial.

Is very popular thing that everyone thinks is a guarantee here, but it's not for a lot of people.

In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state investorsCincinnati, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

A HELOC on your residence can be a useful tool in real estate but I would certainly be cautious about using that up since that is what could keep your head above water in a financial crisis in either your personal or REI lives.Play out some "what if" scenarios. ie, What if someone loses their job?

@Timmy Fritz named some great other resource tools.