I'd recommend checking your lease first.

But for anything more involved, I’d recommend having a contractor you trust who can handle the bulk of the work.Hope that helps!

For everyone thinking about getting into real estate investing, I recommend spending at least 6 months educating yourself through websites likes this and its family of books and podcasts, other real estate podcasts, books at the library, and local meetups.

Great tips.

As you do deals you will learn but it's not something I would recommend with everyone.

Finding a local CPA is no longer needed or common post-Covid but of course it is your right to seek locally.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1222774-expla...If you really insist on local, I recommend finding your local investor group and asking them for recommendations.

I wanted to see if anyone has advice on structuring a fix-and-hold deal (especially around financing rehab),And to connect with any private money lenders or individuals in the Tampa Bay / Pinellas County area who might be open to funding this kind of deal (ideally purchase + rehab).Appreciate any tips or introductions and if you’re local and active in the area, I’d love to connect regardless! 

Hi @zeeshan -  would love any tips you can share!

Docusign wouldn't work for this, and I have concerns about the true security of Dropbox and similar cloud storage (contact support for any of these providers and the support person almost always has complete access to your files - doesn't feel secure enough to me for storing borrower social security numbers or statements with bank account numbers visible).In researching how other private lenders are operating, I see many of them have custom websites with (assumed) encrypted backends - as a small lender, the cost of custom web presence is prohibitive and probably unnecessary until I reach a higher deal flow.So am I overthinking this aspect?

In TN I dont recommend, very unfortunate.