They utilize our expertise, best practices, experience, and our network of professionals.

We subscribed to RentRedi because they are listed on BiggerPockets. We stuck with them for a painful year using their clunky system. Then we started slowly moving our tenants over to another software and canceled Rent...

My goal is long-term appreciation on a property w/sufficient cash flow to make a long-term hold practical.

Again, very curious to try a comp analysis informed by Gen AI, but perhaps not going to be the first thing I end up actually trying in practice haha

This could be a fabulous, new criteria to go after through SEO organically.

Consider hiring the VAs to handle cold calling, freeing up your schedule to interact exclusively with motivated sellers in real-time, and look at other channels like direct mail, text, SEO, and boots on the ground networking. 

Is this standard practice or is there any lenders out there that actually accept what the home is rented for?

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Your experience demonstrates that while such courses may offer comprehensive education, they are not always necessary and can be a detour on one's journey.Your advice to new investors is both practical and empowering.

I’m comfortable with my tenant selection but want to do this both for due diligence and for practice.5.