Welcome to BiggerPockets Juan and best of luck investing!

I later heard but never exactly why, that the place was an absolute money pit and the buyer, who was very experienced, regretted buying it big time.It is interesting, but I ALWAYS do at least a bit of research on the prior owners and have found few "hard luck" stories, at least as far as either higher or high priced single fams go, they're by far the same story where the owner makes the financial decision to walk away, mainly due to the insane HELOC's etc they were giving out, like 125% of home's current value back in like 2006, so now they'll owe literally like $750k on a home that IF in great shape would at best fetch $500k, PLUS they trashed or semi-trashed the place, so they'd be really lucky to get $400k as is and often they may be business owners or whatever and have a relationship with a local bank who will then know "the whole story" behind the big hit they take to their credit score and not treat it nearly as harshly as the average Joe, who's practically banned from even entering the bank for years!

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When you meet with the contractors, make sure to have them help you understand what you have, what will be required to repair and maintain what you have, and what you should be budgeting for future capital improvements, if needed.As we go through DD, we are also putting together the strategy for the park, performing our rent survey, running our test marketing to understand the demand in the market, and creating the budget for the project.All the best,Jack

Start interviewing as many property managers as possible and see who is the best fit for your ideal manager.

I spent a lot of time thinking about this and who the ideal tenant would be and ultimately decided long-term would be best.

Market OverviewThe Los Angeles retail market showed signs of stability in Q1 2024, with asking rents holding steady at $34.21 per square foot and vacancy rates remaining unchanged at 8.1%.

If you have $15K in student loan debt and are paying it off little by little (your words)-what are the interest rates, how long will it take you to pay it off, does it affect your ability to borrow for a mortgages (or save the down payment)? 

Changing from alkaline to lithium batteries in the Real Estate lock is one of the best changes you can make.

I have never read online stats about any area of Cleveland (doing vs reading) and have been buying and selling there for about 10 years, Look how it all worked out :) All the best