Hi @Nathan PethersOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.

We have a whole group of people that do creative financing, STR, etc that would be great to answer these questions for you. 

Don't take people's rude behavior personal.

I've talked to a couple people successfully flipping here and doing BRRRRs.

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This is a great place to learn and to meet people so take advantage of all the great resources.

I would expect a big property management company to get a discounted rate with various contractors or maintenance people... charging you a "consumer" rate or slightly below it while they only pay the discounted rate is how they make their money. 

People from all over the world is investing in Ohio. 

We live in San Francisco, CA and we both work in the trades and have a couple of connections with trades people in Shasta. 

I am basically the traditional Asian family that spent my entire life saving money and purchasing a place in New York City, and after trying to survive for a while I find it too hard now that it’s 2 people and decided to move back to my hometown and do some investing looking for cash flow in particular.