Not everything can be skip traced (easily)

One pro-tip is to only invest in properties where you can easily take a direct flight if needed. 

With real estate investing, you need to make quick decisions or you will very easily get frustrated with the overwhelming thoughts and overthinking.

If possible, try asking another sub what happened because sometimes it’s not really the GC’s fault at all or maybe it was just an honest mistake that can easily be fixed by simply clarifying expectations.If you have tried all of these methods but nothing seems to work out in terms of communication between yourself and your contractor, maybe the most effective solution is fire them.

For student rentals, it was easily the best deal on the market.Worse, in other areas, there are restrictions that can be imposed down to a sub-neighborhood level on the percentage of renters allowed and the number of unrelated adults in a unit. 

I could easily just work the regular 40 hrs and be complacent, but I have a vision that one day I will be out of the rate race and have generational wealth to pass on to my 2 kids.

The GRM on this deal is 12.2 ($310,000/25,400 = 12.2) so it wouldn't pass my quick check, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't evaluate it further.

Federal wetlands are evaluated using three criteria- vegetation, soil and hydrology.

If you are willing to pay a decent amount for good data and lists that aren't as easily affordable as what someone who can afford Propstream could get, then there is Audantic, which the folks in my master mind has good data/lists.

We could easily rent it as-is without even picking up a paint brush, but we specialize in higher end rentals.My parents will be lending us about 30% of the total purchase price, as we didn't quite have the cash we needed to get into the best school districts.