There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.I know you said you want newly renovated, but you can find some lower priced properties when you are willing to put some of the second "r" in the BRRR - especially once you have a bigger cushion built and can have time to be vacant before getting higher rents.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

Absentee Owners have been popular for a long time, and are apparently still somewhat effective (people are still mailing to them) but they are getting multiple offers to buy their homes.There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

In fact, while areas are in transition and gentrifying property crime goes up. 

I do investing in both states and have transitioned into a career helping people invest in real estate.

It's hard to stand out.There are some owner-occupied segments with people who share motivating factors for selling their home.Seniors with Long-time Ownership: often ready to downsize or transition to assistance.Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores (FSS): Struggling financially and likely ready to cash in on their asset.Both these categories have additional advantages in that they probably don’t haven’t been updated and may have deferred maintenance.

a motivated seller will usually tell you in conversation.If the answers are all short from the questions above I go into how smooth my company will make the transition. 

Also, we currently hold in our individual names and are researching NH/Mass attorneys to put this and others into LLC(s) so not sure if timing is consideration. 

I too have children (6 month old) and I want to continue to build over time to transition to investing full time in the future. 

Bad layout, nowhere easy for a half or full bathroom, awkward transition if we did convert the garage.... 

I would like to introduce myself as an investor who is interested in flipping single family homes and vacant land, and gradually transitioning into rental properties.