(Only if you are SERIOUS about real estate as your wealth/career vehicle.)Make sure you join a brokerage that is large, established, and has a reputation for top performance and excellent training.Once you learn the basics and get out into the field to see the state of the market, you'll learn the price points and be able to know a good/great deal when you stumble across it.I have made some of my best (most lucrative) buys from meeting with a seller who wants to list, and when we discussed the price, I knew it fit my parameters, so I bought it! 

You will be within close proximity to the University and approximately 5 minutes driving distance from the main city area, which also includes the hospital (could be good maybe for a medium term rental if close enough for travel nurses). 

For distressed properties, focus on markets with growing job sectors, good schools, and lower crime rates, as these factors drive rental demand and long-term growth.

is med basically its only use case for filling with new tenants? 

With real estate investing this again becomes hard because every time you take out a new mortgage it drives your average down because it's a new account. 

In addition, he also informed me he is not on contract to render me 1099 filing support and basically said I'm not going to help you, good luck on your own.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Commute to Atlanta: While Griffin is just a 45-minute drive from downtown Atlanta, it may not be ideal for those who need to be in the city office every day.

@Jon Fletcher There are basically two potential options. 1) Amend the tax return in the year of purchase and prove you used capital gains to purchase the property and 2) Sell the property to an OZF, follow the 20% related party rule and then the structure of the sale of the property to be able to reinvest the gains.

Basically questions that the PM/co-host need to be able to answer without having to do any deep-dive analysis.Property-specific questions such as property improvement advice, revenue potential, etc. that involve deep-dive analysis might justifiably incur an up-front cost depending on the PM/co-hosts business model.