Also, if you won't be able to be on site quite a bit during the launch prep, this is probably not the best market.

Put in the effort, build relationships, prove your value, and improve your odds of finding someone to help launch you on your path.

But hold onto your hats, because despite predictions of a slowdown due to rising interest rates and market uncertainty, newly constructed homes are still as rare as a unicorn.

I trued early on in my investing to flip a property 6-6.5 hrs away by car .. it went nowhere for a couple years .. it didnt help that i was newly married also .. my wife woukd cry and then complain everytime i tried to leave to get things moving on our property miles away .. good new for me is that I bought it right and when i sold it I still made money .. enough to pay cash for the 5/4 on 2 acres here in cerntral Fl , that I am living in now .. some call it luck .. so do I ..hehehe .. 

Upon completion and rental phases, I am also close enough to be consistently present to ensure it is launched successfully.  

I want to be fair and don't want to take advantage of him but I don't think it's fair that I incur the expense of newly uncovered repairs.

When I was newly licensed, I built my business off of partnering with loan officers to teach first time home buyer classes, budgeting classes, and 1st time investor classes (I already owned rentals when I became a realtor). 

I am starting out as a newly inspired aspiring real estate investor focused mainly on rental properties.

* What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuits* How familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?.

I'm a newly licensed agent in Ohio.