Lots of higher end newer commercial stuff in that area and nicer neighborhoods.

Forget trying to find out of area investors that are in your market, it's like looking for grains of sand on the beach, a complete waste of time, and more work to deal with.On GC first off, you need to learn to be good at administrative stuff, or find someone that is.

You have to find a guy who uses the commercial grade stuff.

@John Stewart How did you arrive at the conclusion that this house is a viable event business ?

You should have 1-2 people you know who have done this before you just to check the people trying to sell you this stuff to make sure you are not buying sucker deals.Q.

It also looks like I am lucky to be able to “leapfrog” over all of the complicated sales-agent stuff which is not of interest to me at all.

Don't show up without knowing stuff like what school zones the property is in, HOA details and contact info, sewer or septic details, flood zone, and if it's in a city or county.

I was wanting to check with the BP people for ideas on stuff we didn't think of.

Now, a lot of them have slowed down due to the corona virus stuff going on, but there are still good options out there.

I skip over a lot of good stuff in the process.