I've heard nothing but complaints from customers AND their franchise agents reegarding the quality of their 800-number service center. 

Some will try to low ball you and keep every possible dollar for themselves.

Her credit is that low because she is financially irresponsible.

If you are skilled in each of the areas above, and you have enough in reserves to cover the costs of when things do not go as planned, then you can likely attract money from private money lenders who want to get a return on their money and they see lending to you as a low risk way of earning a better return than in the other passive investing options they have. 

I'm particularly interested in what tactics people have implemented for sourcing quality deals (not the I need 100% financing bs)Would you:1.

I don't work in Nashville area but $165 per sq ft seems quite low to me.In terms of financing, I would speak with a few construction lenders and also hard money lenders.

Generally speaking, Boston proper is an appreciation market (low cap rates) unless you have a solid value-add play.

If you're just starting, focus on free or low-cost resources to build your foundation, and consider mentorship later if you need personalized guidance or want to accelerate your progress.Good luck!

DOM can be minimized by a number of different factors including the quality of marketing, rent price, availability to show. 

Those are spray and pray techniques that don't fit with sellers right now because sellers/owners are sitting on a very low rate and don't want to move to go up 4-5 points on their rate.Listings aren't a start now thing as well.