Hello, i am new to real estate investing and am looking for sugguestions on STR for upstate NY and surrounding area.

I found this deal through a real estate agent, Bethany Nelson, in Minneapolis.

I agree, it has a lower cost barrier to entry than a lot of other cities, but gets really good rents so cash flow has been a large driver for real estate investors to this area.  

to give some feedback, you will need to estimate the cost to repair the house; if you don't know how to do that, we just need some  information of what the house needs and the sqft of the propertyIf the house is, as an example, 2500 sqft, and It looks like you are stuck in time back in the 1980s, but the AC is working,  the roof is ok, and there are no foundation, plumbing, or electrical issues; I can assume maybe a $20 per sqft, so the rehab is about $50K to 60KIf the ARV is 290K minus 10% closing/holding costs, - minus 20% profit - $50K rehab, ideally, in this example, I need to buy the house for about $150K to flip it, but as a landlord, I may be able to pay a bit more, as long as rehab is not too much, and rental is about $3,000 to $3,500 a month

You can also look into flipping and wholesaling to build up your cash reserves and buy rentals in the long term.

Investing in real estate is not really that passive especially starting out.

Whether it be from flips, wholesaling, or even a W2 job.

That can be a real problem. any idea someone can work around that or it is best to walk away from the deals if the owner doesn't want to take on this battle?

There are some real charlatans out there.

I know this here is all things real estate but man i love being here at the convention and Im learning more about other businesses seeing the dynamic in other teams.