I tend to invest more in South Abilene and many in Wylie ISD but have seen investments produce good cash flow all over Abilene. 

If your time is worth $500 an hour I would spend the 5k on 10 hours of searching for a free mentor.

Quote from @Jake Thorpe: Quote from @Andrew Syrios: Making over a $140,000 isn't much of a horror story even if it's a "scary house." 

I'm entertaining hiring Egyptians because many of my colleagues have had great experience using them recently, but I've managed hundreds of VAs over my 10 years of investing with the majority of them being from the Philippines.Having a hiring process will determine the quality of applicants you receive. 

. (#1 appreciating city 2023)I personally make well over $100k/yr cash flow from 21 properties here.

There is no reason to be overly critical.

I’m getting re-acquainted with the BP community after purchasing my first house hack in the Pittsburgh area, and would love to make some connections with other like-minded young professionals and investors in the area.And if there’s anyone out there who’s just getting started and looking to make the jump to buy their first property, I’d love to offer up advice, share my network of contractors in the area, and answer any questions that I can from my experience over the last 6 months!

For seller financing deals, I show sellers the interest earned over the life of the loan and total proceeds from the sale. 

Long story short, ended up buying the property after getting to know the owners who were cleaning up when I went over to ask them permission to cut down the leaning branches toward their roof.

In my experience many unlicensed wholesalers operate in a grey area and often cross over into what is obviously brokering real estate without a license.