I know the times were really, really good in 2013, 2014, 2105 and 2016 to pick up deeply distressed properties.

Hey Chris, so how many did you pick up ?

I'd love to take you up on that offer and pick your brain a bit.

Pick the worst house in a great old neighborhood.  

The rest about dd and bidding etc you pick up along the way and getting better over time.... experience comes

Pick a higher priced market.  

Guests coming in the following day for a $5,000 reservation and the client wants to shop quotes.Some people trip over dollars trying to pick up quarters!

Columbus, Ohio is a great market to pick up rental properties because of the lower home prices and demand from renters.

Pick an asset class: Class A, B, C & D properties, research pros & cons, pick one to focus onPick a real estate market that matches your resources & goalsContact local agents & PMC’s to start sending you listings to analyzeAnalyze a few deals weekly, get comfortable with the market and refine what you're looking for

Take this 💥just-closed renovated property for example💥:With my query of "22757 Charlemont Pl, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 5/4/2400-3050,0.6,300" we get an ARV Estimate that is ~4% off, and I picked this at random just scrolling through recently closed in my areaAnd the Market Stats $/sf of renovated property in that Zip Code matches up pretty well, so I know the ARV estimate is realistic:You can also run Agent Stats to find/get in touch with the real top-agents in that area so you can triple-verify everything and/or list it with them when you are done.