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Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

No one else was likely offering them anywhere near your $175K.This is why.You need to buy at a deeper discount.

I would love to buy an existing one first to get the experience, but am also open to developing from scratch.

Did your agent tell you that or did you buy directly through Honeycomb? 

Thanks - the gains from the investment property sale were relatively small and we weren't ready to buy another one with a 1031 exchange.

He got me lots of information and set me up with a guy to get me some help

Thank you for replying and sharing the information.

While I’m happy to share lots of information with folks it’s very rare that I will give out information like my primary contractor’s name or the names of any of his subs because I keep them busy full time and am not willing to lose my own time with them to someone else.

@Benjamin ColemanRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.