Those are the three most logical options I see.

@David Corbaley gives some good information and in a logical way.

Let me recap the Seth Sherman logic in this post:Your first post directed at Christina:"If i were you, i would worry constantly about a partner knowledgable about rehabbing costs while i was not.

Now,  that said, my BS Meter went off with sirens blasting, it's pretty accurate but while these are logical assumptions we might address exactly what's going on putting kids in real estate operations.

I have been funding mid west cash flow homes as and acquisition rehab lender for turn key companies since 2001. well over 2000 fundings  along with over 1000 fundings for buy and holders looking for longer term debt. plus I owned 350 cash flow homes in  MS GA INDY  Memphis and B Ham personally.So I can categorically tell you that the risk and hassle factor is exponentially tied to the value of the asset.. its simply makes logical sense.. if you buy the cheapest home in a given metro area what are you buying into.. ???

Next logical step to me would be buy another house and rent out the previous and so on...unless I learn more about flipping or wholesale or...etc.So main question for now; how do you guys analyze an area and figure out if it's going to provide a safe place to invest?

ive already been reading bookson real estate and have a good idea on how to get started but I just wanted to see where everyones head is at and see whats the best move that I need to make from a logical perspective.

People are not logical.

I even recorded my receipt of option consideration as the Wholesaler started to become less and less logical and available...

Logically it doesn't make sense, but a lot of lenders will not touch a property under 100k ARV.