So main lesson is get a rock star agent or if you find yourself in my shoes ask your agent-friend to get a Rockstar agent to partner with them to split the commission on your purchase.

Worked out all the issues and am now churning out five star reviews, learned some lessons for the future!

I will let you guess which side supported King George and which supported the "Colonist Rebels".... ....... this is often the point where a person starts starring into space wondering just who in the heck it is they've been pandering for all this time, lol......

Referrals are not gold stars for contractors.

The important point being that "S" people are smart and self-reliant but have a very hard time delegating - they're using to being the "star" - and it ends up hurting them because you just can't do everything and you do actually need a team to have anything other than meager success (in my experience).I only mention it because 1) several of your comments (Angel) sound like they relate to those themes, and 2) I suffer from the same problem and constantly fight against it in my own head.Finally, unless you have gotten a lot of experience with real estate in your own area / back yard first, I would be cautious about spending a lot of money in an out of state investment.

@Jean Norton Shills, you get a star Jean for helping me to increase my vocabulary.  

Originally posted by @AJ Smith:That's great story in the lone star state :), you could never do flip like that in west coast states, great work! 

She is a rock star no doubt. and I put her together with another lady I know who is wicked smart Jilliene Helman who started Realty Mogul. between those two ladies they really are killing it..

Why do you think SEC or whatever makes it so tough for operators to operate.If i had star power id do the same thing . 

How else is McRib International gonna scale to the stars?