Its been pretty smooth sailing up until now.

Cheers to smooth sailing through September 16th and beyond!

The per visit fee is to make sure everything is running smoothly, material coordination is assumed to be the sub's SOW.

@Ken BreezeI think another key to successful investing is persistence...... its not always going to be smooth sailing, and you need to be able to overcome this and push forward.Finding rising markets, no one has a crystal ball, however many may jump in prior to the market actually rising, this is higher risk.

The purchase/closing process was very smooth and I've since been busy interviewing GCs, electricians, well system companies, and many more trades folks.

I kept waiting for things to get easy, for things to run smoothly.

Then use that cash to complete a smooth, low stress BRRRRR. 

I just say all of this so that your investing can be as smooth as possible.Another word of advice is that you might look into wholesaling some of these homes you come across.  

I work full time so I am not a "full time" investor but I do put a lot into the properties I own and make sure everything runs smoothly.

I buy an MFR for 500k (purely as investment, no interest in living in it), and things go smoothly with renting it out and soon enough I'm making a little bit of money on the property.5 years down the line, I get married, have to move to Boston for work (or some other city far away), and I'm ready to buy my first real Residential home to live in.