My starting strategy is to do a few fix & flips to build some cash reserves up and then get into BRRRR in a couple of years. 

I see Karen recommends Avail, I'd like to compare with a couple more, what about erentpayment?

I was able to drive the property a couple of days later, and I realized no i should not chase a rezone, and actually property similar to this will be removed from my list. 

Despite all that, I did visit a couple of nice neighborhoods (not many) and if the properties you're looking at happen to be in one of those, you're at a much better spot than what I have described above. 

I'm new to this and have been considering getting my real estate agent license for a couple of months.

Do you need all this for a couple of rentals?

There are other free services out there as well.If you only have a couple units and that is all you want and you never plan to hand off property management then you can probably just collect checks and have tenants text you.Personally I don’t like tenants texting me issues, they are too easily missed or forgotten about.

I spent about 8 hours capping and removing water and sewer lines and putting a couple of doors back in and some plugs in the wood floor and suddenly I had a 3br house.

There are a couple of things to consider:1.

I have used Federa for a couple years now.