For example, if you don't like the area in terms of the rental market (ex. high crime area, rural, low cash flow, no appreciation), it would make more sense to just to flips.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

Tao is a builder Ronan has done a lot of work with and the quality is excellent.

Are interest rates just too high now to buy a rental property?

Its fine - but when we enter in expenses into financials we have to also come back and put them in the project managements tool.

Run your numbers and stick to them- note that maintenance costs are still high, so pay careful attention to your numbers. 

It can’t get easier than that.LOL the advice given to high net worth individual is to tell them to become an uber driver for a few hours a year?

This will continue to push up the prices.Sales - Months of SupplySales - Median $/SF by MonthDespite persistently high interest rates, the $/SF continued to climb.

And I was counting on quality mentoring to help avoid major pitfalls with OPM.

If the potential tax savings outweigh the cost of the service - and you're planning on keeping the property for at least 5-7 years, a seg study can be a really good tool to get some tax savings up front.