Should I cut my losses and seek a team or a mentor?

Of course I'll need to build a top-notch team.

I'm just starting out. i have financing and a team in place ready to start i just need the right deal to start with. i had a offer ready to place on a house last week, but...I hesitated... and it went under contract before i pulled my head out.

Agree with hard money loans with the caveat that you have to know how to properly underwrite them, or have somebody on your team that you implicitly trust to do this for you (but this is something that I wouldn't personally outsource).

According to a recent ranking of median property taxe rates by CoreLogic's Data Team, Illinois is highest at 2.67%, Hawaii is lowest at 0.31%, New York at 2.53%, Texas at 2.17%,  Florida at 1.32%, California at 1.12%, Georgia at 1.10%, and South Carolia at 0.71%.Average tax rate across the entire country is 1.31%, so a homeowner of a $200,000 home would pay $2,620 in property taxes.I tried to copy and paste the entire table but couldn't do it from my iPad Pro.

My experience was made better by teaming w/experts.  

Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.36.

I good area to begging is Around Dallas or San Antonio I think pick a good realtor or 2 and work with them make them think they are you team, and opportunities will come if you have good ones and know were to look

If you have a team of Sub Contractors that would also be fine.

Did you have good team members like (PM's, Contractors, Agents etc.)