-have some saving but don’t want to tap into it too much.

However, as you mentioned, there is people for that who will more than likely save you money when you consider the time involved.

There will be title issues, probate issues, original seller not willing to close issues, appraisal issues, hard money lender issues, family says grandma not in her right mind to sell at 50% discount issues, termite issues, foundation issues, structural issues, can't get insurance issues, I don't have any money to move out issues, or a whole host of other problems.Well...every now and then you find someone that wants to dump one and it is a clean deal and they think because they are not using a realtor, they're saving 6%. 

Saving your contact. 

It's not necessarily something to resolve or fix or perhaps even research, unless a lender won't lend on it because you don't own the surface rights so would not finance permanent structures there. 

I recommend saving money to enroll in real estate licensing classes and to take the licensing exams.

I know that they are pretty big and competitive and also our competitor :) My management  company has great reviews and better pricing, which allows you to save PM me if you are interested in discussing it further. 

In general I'm saving for repairs to the property, but we all know that this covers a wide spectrum.

If you save 50k per year, but it costs you 100k to acquire a rental, you're going to get 1 rental every other year which is way too slow to move the needle.

I include every single thing, however small it may seem...3) Do not try and save by buying materials yourself.