He is extremely knowledgeable and has some of the best content out there... hands down.

Houston Real Estate Highlights in August(* asterisk denotes that the “Harvey effect” has been removed): Single-family home sales rose 7.6 percent year-over-year, with 5,844 units sold*;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes declined slightly to 49 days;Total property sales jumped 36.8 percent, with 9,978 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 40.1 percent to $2.86 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $236,870, reaching an August high;The single-family home average price also achieved an August record, rising 1.9 percent to $300,670;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.1-months supply, down from 4.3 months last August and equal to the national level;Townhome/condominium sales rose 12.3 percent year-over-year, with 457 units sold in 2018 compared to 407 one year earlier*;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.6 percent with the average rent up 3.4 percent to $1,926*;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 8.6 percent with the average rent up 5.5 percent to $1,639*HAR https://www.har.com/content/newsroom?

I've been to many fire damaged properties, and aside from the physical damage caused by fire, you have the smell of smoke to deal with, and that may include the contents, cabinets, walls, floor, window frames, etc. 

https://www.fanniemae.com/content/guide/selling/b4/1.3/05.html#Gross.20Living.20Area

(Lurkers: good example of why threads/podcasts/content/etc from a long time ago, that pertains to mortgage guidelines, should always be ignored)

This may help you https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/wp-content/uploads...I did some quick reading about Pa contractor requirements , looks like its just fill out some papers pay some money and you are a contractor .In Maryland you have to take a test , be financally solvent and there are requirements as to what the contractor has to state in the contract . 

Here's an excellent explanation of how they work:https://eig.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Tax-Ben...As well as a map with all of the qualified zones in CA:http://dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/opportu...

We've compiled and vetted a list of duplexes (about 75) that meet all our criteria and which we'd consider being occupant-owners of.Planned next step is to send them letters stating who we are, what we're trying to do...

. - A little high level but does mention some states in there.http://www.usmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05... - Employment info a bit dated but aligns with the price rises seen in those states.

Their are lots of free content online to give you some ideas, here are some folks who has amazing content, some at a cost but LOTS for freeFor wholesaling : Jaelin White and Max MaxwellFor Owner Financing : Mitch StephensFor Subject To Investing: Grant KempFor Note Buying : Eddie Speed and Dawn RickabaughNew Construction and flipping: Brad ChandlerFor building a rental portfolio: Clayton and Natali MorrisAlso, please feel free to shoot me a message or link up with me on IG at jayjohn34, I'm a Commercial Broker but i do have 15 years experience as a Contractor and 5 years experience as a realtor.