That seems like a pretty significant time commitment to shop around, pick up machines, drop them off, etc.

Without knowing your numbers (how many leads, dials and contacts you've made), I would just say this is the job. 90-95% of leads won't even pick up the phone.

Pick your battles selectively as you do not want them to make your life difficult.  

I just find it super strange that my ad, that had been up for weeks with no issues suddenly gets removed after I turned down the part/time RE agent and program director assistant's hand picked applicant. 

even in lower cost markets.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1171104-the-m...and - i still think it's better to pick a market that you have a connection to rather than one that meets arbitrary numerical criteria. 

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.

Was looking for anyone else who has had success doing this already and would love to pick there brain about it!

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:I also set this up to run through every new-listing in my area, and generate a summary sheet of good-potential deals:So it's all possible to do, you just have to get your data and build on top of it.

I recently heard David Greene’s horror story about a short term rental license going bad in the north Miami Beach area (inspector looking for issues to pick at with the property and tagging the property for issues to avoid granting a rental license), and I was curious about people’s experiences in unincorporated Miami Dade. 

Our son is turning 25 and is already in the workforce.. we have jointly prequalified ourselves for a real estate purchase up to 500k, I think we will try and pick up a beginner property... our daughter is 22 and is still finishing up college... the story will continue!!