I do not need hand holding or anything like that, I just think it is important to have someone who has been in the real estate "game" on your side.

This is going to be the biggest game of "Not it!"

I have never had problems with electric turning them on, even as a listing broker for banks, I have literally done this hundreds of times, they have to chase the customer that the bills name was in, not the new customer, the one exception is if the utility supplier is a municipality.   

The good contractors you do get, are going to quote you high, because you are a one and done customer in their eyes.And $1200 for a 2 bed/1 bath??

At the end, I was earning six figures working in the game I always loved but I had become so burned out to get there that I ultimately resented it and quit.I'm not trying to be pessimistic. 

If you buy a $70K turnkey and rent it out, great, you have an asset and you are in the game and you are doing.

I will hopefully be tapping into Avery's resources and experience in this STR market, but I'd love to hear any advice that I may not be thinking of for a newbie in this game. 

Based on my strategy (that I call Relationship Wholesaling), when you're building a strong relationship with the Seller and really crafting a custom proposal that meets their needs, there's little need to "discuss it" with them (ie talk about it at length or make a big deal of it). 

This is not just a semantics game. 

Real Estate Investors--I am new to the game and I am looking to produce a cash flow of $500-800 per month in the Kansas and Ohio markets.