I used a hard money loan to purchase this off market deal.I rehabbed the upper two units within two and a half weeks and have a renter already lined up for one unit.

I have been reading the online resources about getting started, searching the market, and even doing tours, but I am hesitant to jump in and buy a house as I have quite a large amount of student debt.

Its a fine line here on BP a ton of the audience/members are in the business and the BP members are their target potential clients.

I have experience with Quickbooks Online, and looking to learn to use Appfolio as I have heard that is a common software tool used for managing the books for REI.

Anything else is luck and relying on luck is gambling. 

I would anticipate it would depend on the level of detail you desired but it has been my experience that the will do free estimates.

I think it's very dependent on the property and market. 

Hey everyone, I've been working with 3D virtual tours and wanted to start a discussion on how they impact real estate marketing.

We use RentManager for our portfolio as well, however we also use QuickBooks Online for our overarching accounting software.  

In my opinion, an in person meetup > an online connection.You may want to consider making a connection here and meeting up for coffee or attending a real estate networking event.Best of luck!