In addition, I actively have been reading about real estate and listening to podcasts such as BiggerPockets, Rod Khleif, Michael Blank... 

It's driving blind without that.Good appraisers today, that somehow continue to work in that terrible environment of wink wink, we'll all pretend it's ok until FNMA gets off it's *** and changes stuff, pretty much fill in the blanks with their best guesses, and when it comes time to place the final value on the property, use their best judgement.

Point blank. 

So many occasions they spoke to me and my children as we were all close knitted neighborhood.

I want to quickly start out with just a fast background, discovered Poor Dad, Rich Dad end of 2019, immediately hooked and mind set changed + blown of the opportunities in REI. Dived super deep into the research of ho...

I have on a rare occasion seen 18 months or even 24 but not typical.

Go buy Michael Blank's book Financial Freedom through Real Estate Investing.

We went with it.  20 years amortization is typically the max, though I have seen some go 25 year on occasion.4) Less paperwork up front, but your bank may require you to submit yearly PFS (personal financial statements, pronounced "PIFFS") listing all of your assets, accounts, real estate owned, loans owed, etc. 

I’ve been disappointed so many times in life, in people, as well as myself on occasions ... it is what it is.

I know a rehabber that point blank offers wholesalers to shadow her through the whole process.