As I am looking into this to decide if I need to also snag myself a license in those other state's I am thinking that the marketing of the actual individual property addresses themselves is something that will require a license........Hoping I am wrong in that assessment as it's another layer of red tape..........Any thoughts you can shed for me?

We have been phished twice and caught them both times.. for us it was rehab draws and our borrowers e mail stating they changed accounts.. that is a HUGE red flag. 

the red one. 

I also read that when calculating my live-in cash flow, it is sometimes not bad to come up negative if this value is still lower than what one would be paying in rent elsewhere.Please do correct me if my thinking is wrong or too narrow-sighted.To expand on the topic, knowing that cash flow may be small or negative when house hacking, is there a tolerable minimum Cap rate before I should be seeing a red flag on a property?

For those vacant those are even worse as I have had a few end up in the red.

And I’m also not sure how willing other investors are to share/introduce their rock star team.

Another huge red flag.Hope this helps.

Does the historical society in a certain town have a huge issue with ripping down old falling down red barns and fight people in court over it (Leaving the owner with an eyesore and a dangerous item on their property that costs them insurance carriers every year)? 

There are plenty of other ways to grow the business...read..listen..rock and roll.Best regards

@Annie Li  This is a BIG red flag.Your contract should state that the property is to be delivered vacant and broom-clean.