I also teach an 8 hour course in PA Tax Sales and have written about many of the hundreds of cases that I have handles, both on this forum and other published formats.

(Goal is financial independence mainly via buy and hold rentals)Basically we purchased a "fixer upper" in early 2016 for $230K.

While listening to financial independence podcasts I picked up on some interesting info.

Hey @Mihir, this one is an all-cash purchase, which is why I was looking for an independent appraiser to do the job. 

I suggest you talk with a good independent agency who has specialists in commercialreal estate, rather than dealing with a captive agent.

I’ve been an independent contractor for about 6 months, and am looking to buy my first property but am having trouble securing financing due to that I don’t have two previous years of 1099 tax forms (because I’m fresh out of college).

The other websites rarely publish any kind of data like that.

The two I seem to like the most (both NARPM certified too) is: One Stop Property Management (Jim) based in Independence MO. and Home Rental Services, Inc (Paul) based in Overland Park, KS.   

(Remember, you must be able to take care of those emergency repairs immediately, so living 60 miles away, unless you have independent contractors doing the work for you would not be a good idea.)

There is also another book published by BiggerPockets, you can see it at the top of this forum.