Given my experience in the field (5 years) not much but still counts right?

This experience proves that even with challenges, strategic renovations and persistence can lead to a profitable outcome.

Please feel free to schedule a call on my calendar to discuss our experience in Indy.https://calendly.com/lordoftheinns

@Johnny McKeonI'm not a CPA but my experience says, yes, you probably can.To avoid confusion it is helpful to separate out the concepts.REPS - Roughly, the requirements are minimum 750 hours active in real estate and those hours must exceed any hours in a non-real estate job.  

•My goal is to build long-term cash flow through rental properties while ensuring my partners see strong returns.I’d love to connect with investors interested in passive income opportunities or those who have experience structuring joint ventures.

I prefer markets that experience mild winters to eliminate the added costs brutal winters can bring. 

But in my experience, you would be better off spending that same amount of time/hustle working a second part-time job with guaranteed income, then investing in buy-and-hold properties. 

The information shared is based on my experience and industry knowledge and should not be considered legal, tax, or financial advice.

Figure out a question set that helps dive into their expertise as investor-friendly agents, ask about their experience in the investment real estate space, and have them send you a few properties that could meet your goals to show that they can provide quality properties for your to analyze (hint: this is also good to see if they overpromised on their market [ex - Raleigh for cash flow]).Also with the new lawsuit, any agent that knows what they're doing will require you to sign an agency agreement prior to viewing a home.

In my experience in MO, land bank properties are very low priced (these are generally properties/parcels that weren't sold at the tax auction), but they often have significant tax liens on them that must be cleared in addition to the "sale price" AND they require a significant amount of rehab in order for the properties to be inhabitable.