Hello @Reva SchwobI'm in your market and I can say that there's no one proven method for success, but rather it needs to be an ecosystem of a little bit of everything.

Thats the beauty of the nomad method.

This method provides several advantages against a traditional manager as I can cater my service and fees to the individual needs of my owners. 

You would use Form 3115 (Application for Change in Accounting Method) to change your depreciation method.

In concerns the improvement of the exterior or interior design, artificial turf provides a beautiful and minimal-invasive solution. But that is not the end of it as not all artificial grass is the same. It is therefor...

I'd be happy to share knowledge.Hey Dennis.Thanks for the comment.I'm looking mostly at larger syndications deals (150+ units, multi family), doesn't really matter where exactly, as long of course that it's a good, quality location. 

2) Is it necessary to take a Real Estate Course, or can someone learn this method of Real Estate Investing on their own, through reading books, doing research and talking to people that have used this method of investing?  

As investors our job is to produce high quality end products, worth hopefully significantly more then what we paid.

The quality of the tenant in place 2.

so, whatever the comps that you need to target are - you go for thosein terms of getting desired rents, certainly finishes will come into play a little bitand then of course you want a safe, high quality rentalone thing to note that is not often pointed out is that, with a BRRRR, the higher you boost the ARV, the higher your mortgage payment is going to be and the lower your cash flowso a few things to consider herehope this helps