I bring sales experience from selling RVs and have always been interested in real estate investing as a way to generate income and eventually achieve time and financial freedom. 

The home happened to be owned by an estate and they were motivated to sell.

We ended up selling those properties. 

In regards to the valuation of the property what impact will this have and when do you know when its time to sell?

This is great if you are force appreciating the property and then moving in for a year, and after selling or renting it out. 

Are they really willing to sell and walk away with zero dollars up front?

And you can do other things, rent, sell on terms, etc etc etc..

It started with really buying my own personal home, then selling and making a small profit.

Identify good brokerages and licensed R.E. professionals, and those who you send your marketing to.

This is why we've seen good marketers gain massive wealth selling a false narrative, then ironically, use that wealth from the marketing to actually do the thing they first pretended to have in spades, now only possible via the marketing $.