For someone starting out in an industry as opaque as commercial re, honest advice (aligned by indirect equity interest) on deals you are working on, and general guidance from an experienced player is worth a lot!

Then if you’re satisfied with your team I’d recommend staying in the same location if possible to continue using the same players for a while.

@Chase Keller  Have you gone through the strategy implementation yet? 

Chasing the highest ROI sounds amazing at first, but gets less and less exciting (at least in my experience). 

Its like sampling a NFL players 40 yard dash but for apartment underwriting.

For anyone who may end up reading this, as a follow up, (1) auction.com ended up not requiring the full $2500 deposit, since my purchase was less than the deposit requirement. (2) It took about 2 months to get the deed, because CHASE had a pre-foreclosure on it at the time of the auction, and so they formally foreclosed and then eventually got the deed, which they then eventually signed over to me. 

Chase just completed their beta project. 

He ended up emailing us instead after chasing for weeks. 

It's a tempting path, chasing after that quick cash without stopping to consider if you're actually solving a real problem for the seller.

I would just charge enough rent to make it worth my while to chase her.