Hurricane Milton delayed things, but even when the weather improved, her communication stopped entirely.

You'll probably pay fees and it'll be tougher to find a bank that would be willing to pull cash out for reasons other than direct improvements to the property. 

I benefitted from rent inflation, but I also did some things that would help improve net cash flow (appealing property taxes, for example).Happy to send you some resources with more details on how I accomplished it.

Yes, you can read a book and watch YouTube videos- I’ve done that but it doesn’t yield the same results as being in a group that you are accountable to in addition to the access I had to someone doing what I needed to be coached in and people who were also looking to invest in themselves and not looking to waste their investment.

I would only hire out for major work I can't do myself or emergency repairs.I've dealt with older houses before and the house may be fine for occupants but there's still usually lots of things that can be fixed / improved so it seems a house that isn't perfect would give more opportunities for ongoing maintenance of this sort.To me it seems fairly straightforward to meet the time requirements but I think I need to have extensive documentation?

WWC likes to create several levels of value add in a community, with various levels of interior improvements.

TT and Youtube also, but you'd have to funnel them to IG to be able to effectively DM.  

Interest rates are showing signs of improvement. 

I would suggest starting in areas like Merion/Hungarian for value-add opportunities, South Linden for fixer-uppers, and Whitehall - improving market.

That said, some lenders are flexible if you can show the improvements made.