@Bob Bowling One more thing, I just re-read your posting (repetition is the mother of learning) and noted your comment about the average .8% RTV ratio in Hawaii and San Francisco.Based on the rents posted by @Kawika Burgess, the $1M property renting for $4,200/month should either see rent increases to $8K per month, a value decrease to $500K, or some combination of rent increases and decrease in value.Are you expecting rents in Hawaii to double?  

Hey there, These answers are going to sound repetitive, but please believe me that everything is pretty much local when you are just starting out investing. 

I also plan to train a VA to find and communicate with contractors and/or handymen in the future, in other words make phone calls for me.But whatever you use a VA for, if it's repetitive computer work, here are some tips I learned from experience: I recommend that you do a few steps yourself and take a video of it while you're doing it using a screen capture program such as Simple Screen Recorder.

Invest in good documents that you can use repetitive.  

Repetitive strain injuries from typing so much have led me to realize that coding is a young (wo)man's game.  

The key is repetition.

In the mean time you have made a contact, Maybe they will remember your name. with repetition they will.  

The most effective yellow letter is the one that goes out consistently and repetitive.

I understand the importance of getting experience through repetitions, but I first want to make sure I'm developing good habits as I "run the numbers" on properties.I often get "stuck," and doubt my accuracy on a few variables:1.

These are all mass repetitive "Contained" environments.Now the next great investment will be Auto over the road trucks, Nano Cancer treatments, Nano crop pesticide reduction, Solar electric surface paint generation, Water pumping technology from the Mississippi River to California/Arizona (reverse Dam management(actually don't recommend this, will cause excess salination of the Gulf)), Certified Individualized Student learning platforms, etc.