I am so full of regret for even giving them a 3rd and 4th chance.

So yes to that one.  

Outsource tasks like admin work or cold calling to virtual assistants (VAs) to free up your time for more important tasks.3.

Quote from @Barbara Potts: Mike, thank you so much for your response!  

Cons is obviously liability, so you need a good rental agreement, higher electricity bill and maintenance cost.

so, to recap, you need cash for: down payment + closing costs + holding costs.for a new investor, a live in flip might be a lower risk option than an outright flip. 

There used to be, but they stopped supporting it, so if you switched phones and needed to download the app again, you'd be out of luck.

Knowing who to contact and what lenders can execute in the marketplace is so crucial and as an investor, that can eat up a lot of time and resources that would otherwise be better used elsewhere when trying to do it on your own. 

So I would definitely not write that area off. 

Would that be, for example, if the PM says, "I manage a duplex for John Smith in Turlock," then I call John as a reference, ask John a few questions, and then ask John the address of his duplex so I can later look it up on the county website and verify if he is the owner?