You're doing exactly what most successful investors do at the beginning: learning daily, narrowing your focus, and getting excited about the possibilities.I’ve been in the game over a decade now, and let me tell you — there’s no official “readiness test,” but there *are* signs you’re getting close: You understand how to analyze a deal You know your financing options (or have started talking to lenders) You’ve narrowed down your market You’re clear on your strategy (LTR SFR/MFR is a great starting combo!)

.- Long Island (Fire Island, Hamptons, Northfork) - New Jersey (Jersey Shore)- PA (Poconos)- Upstate NY (Catskills, Fingerlakes, etc)- Any other areas where it is still reasonable to have material participation (unsure of the real test here / if other geos are a no-go for tax reasons) Clearly still a fair bit of research needs to be done on my end but would love to speak to some professionals to hone in on where I should be researching and learning more…Thanks in advance for all the advice!

And if anyone has data on what different rehab costs run for in the Cleveland area that would be greatly appreciated!

I have access to some data that let's see some of the criteria I am after and it is OK but does anyone know if Crexi has good data? 

You shouldn’t just go off surface level data.

They will be requesting from the county to conduct a dye test on the downspout to check if that is the case.Does anyone have experince with this situation and how this can go about?

Quote from @Shan Dey: Hi there, any recommendation of any AI Customer Service Agent specifically trained with real estate data or investment in RE?

That realtor will never know the data at the level that STR Search does, but they are part of the process.

It might also be worth bringing in a portfolio lending expert to stress-test the long-term debt structure and how it impacts future liquidity.If you’re open to it, I’d be happy to take a look at the big picture with you, or at least share what’s worked for me in terms of minimizing risk and maximizing flexibility on a growing portfolio.Congrats again on getting this far—pulling off something like this shows you’re already playing at a high level.Hey ArmanI would greatly appreciate your help and have you look at this, please, and thank you for your words, and hopefully, I've done well with it.

Pull current AVM (Zillow, PropStream, or county data).