Taking advantage of that early momentum is critical.Many sellers hope for multiple offers—ideally above asking price—and while that's a great outcome, it doesn't always happen.

Each market is being impacted differently right now.Switching to flips is interesting, not something I've considered doing and figured it may not be advantageous in the current market due to cost.

But I would tell you there isn’t a huge advantage to being an agent versus just being an investor.  

I was too flexible with them and they took advantage.

Are there any special exemptions for rental properties I can take advantage of (City of Atlanta / Fulton County)3) I went with a property management company as it's my first time.

For some upgrades it is more so treated as curb appeal than literal ROI, so you would have a more competitive sales advantage if that was a priority for someone.

I have stayed in the same areas where I started so my local market knowledge continued to improve, and my competitive advantage stays strong. 

The question isn't whether you need better data - it's whether you want to keep competing with 100 other people calling from the same outdated lists, or if you want the unfair advantage of being first.Are you paying virtual assistants to scrape your data right now?

This approach builds scalable cash flow and a tax-advantaged legacy asset for future generations.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

If you can accept those terms and have the cash, it can be a quick way to get a property, but if you don't have experience, you'll likely get taken advantage of in some way.