Off the top of my head I don't know of anyone in Lincoln but I believe BiggerPockets is getting ready to launch a search function by area.

Bring the accepted contract with you, run the inspection and then turn them back off.

If you want to scale quickly you're going to have to get out of the mindset of slapping 20-25% down and waiting.BRRRR's will be your best friend if you can pull them off.

I just got off the phone from my second interview and it sounds great but I'm also uncertain.If it is as great as it is, why are there no reviews or past students screaming from the mountain tops...

Can I write off the supplies I purchased for the tenants?

Go to Sherwin Williams and get some good paint, take off the hardware and paint them yourselves in an afternoon.If you can get someone to spray the doors and drawers outside it will look the best.

I typically opted for roughly 3 draws per deal, just to limit draw costs.Also, all of my lenders charged me interest on the full loan balance at closing, even though I hadn't drawn the whole loan (which annoyed me, but I get their perspective).So really, in my experience, I didn't find any to be "better or worse" they all seemed to have their own trade offs, i.e. more general accounting was easier for me, but higher draw cost.

This was an off market deal brought by our agent.

First off, get a second or third opinion. 

But I dont want to rip anybody off, if they are unethical I will look elsewhere.