Once you start doing more than cosmetic repair.Various widths of blades for spreading and working "mud". 2", 4" and 12-16".Kilz!!!

Looking over someone's shoulder will be helpful.

You could also benefit from attending local meetups as that's a way to brush shoulders with multiple investors at the same time. 

The shoulder season is always quiet, but you could likely get 30+ day rentals in the summer.  

So if you are starting to mail, you better come out of the gate with a well thought out mail piece or it could become very discouraging for the new guy.It seems sometimes the best option is for the generic yellow letter because it is tried and tested and people will call but with a formal letter like a lot of people send out with probates, the responses will typically not be as many so any feedback from experienced guys is always helpful.That's the main reason this site is so powerful..the ability to stand on the shoulders of successful people so you can get off on the right foot.I started mailing as a real estate agent 10 years ago when I started out and I got sold some really bad ideas that cost me a lot of money with no return.

I don't know what put such a big chip on that shoulder V.G but feel free to stop flaunting it here via attacking Someone's CORRECT effort's at looking to BEST elevate themselves via the same thing the vast majority of great success's have; a COACH. 

And then you have the build aspect, do they build the houses as well as if there were owner occupants over their shoulder. 

I became his crying shoulder and confidant, stopping by once a week or so with beers and a sandwich.

According to COH, this conversion process would also trigger a general life-safety inspection, and potentially the need to bring the entire building up to 2024 code (at least in terms of safety issues: electrical, stairway tread width, etc.) 

If you disagreed originally on pricing, then maybe shoulder a bit more of the blame.