At what stage did you buy: in-process rehab or one that had completed rehab and was leased?

Michael, I believe it to be critical that an understanding of what communication, at what stage and in what form will be provided to the client during the agreement term.

If your retirement utterly depends on having adequate cash flow from your properties, any downturns will cripple you.

Don't leverage to the max, be conservative.One is rented the other is in Final stages of build.

But I'm currently at that thrilling stage of working towards my first deal, exploring various strategies and niches.I'm here not just to seek advice but to contribute and grow with you all.

I would absolutely not sell a home in North Park with a 2.7% rate, ESP since you're cash flow positive at this stage.

By the time you have 1 STR running you should have a handyman or cleaner that you can trust, but in the early stages you have to put a lot of trust in a stranger if you can't do it yourself. 

Or are you simply in the preliminary stages right now?

What happens at your closing, if it’s assigned, double closed or traded for a pack of gum, is utterly irrelevant, because the law would already have been broken if that person double closing had at any point prior to the closing “offered to sell” or “ deals in real estate contracts” again what happens at the closing table is irrelevant because by that time the law would have already been violated, by the time someone is at your closing table and double closing a deal, presumably by “offering to sell” the law was already violated prior to them even coming to your closing table You might be right... if VA law actually read the way you claim.

If you are in the 'maybe' stage, then maybe this is not the right time for you to jump into that particular field.