Coaches are best when you want to go from somewhere to somewhere better, but not the best spend when you are starting from scratch.

The fact that there was a major expense happens, but you budget for that.

You need comparable sales BEFORE you spend $175 or the appraisal will come low to your expectations.

The court forms do not track this type of eviction so based on your sophistication you may spend a considerable amount of time and if you are off in the slightest the court will withhold judgment. 

They are spending a lot of money to build the servicing business, primarily on hiring new people it seems like.

However again if your bound and determined to buy the physical assset then you need to buy quality not C class.. you will NOT get consistent cash flow like you are thinking your will. you will have tenants stop paying you will then get NO rent for 2 to 6 months as you evict and then spend thousands rehabbing the house they just trashed..

R&D is like split testing, trial and error is "I'll be damned to spend the time investing in knowledge so let's just hope we survive the guessing". 

However I'm thinking if I ever hit the windfall on something like this, their pockets are probably way deeper than mine and I'm not going to want to spend the money to fight it.

Many are spending their money on Christmas gifts. 

I'd start by looking at where the money is going and how to increase your income and lower your spending.