I was a SWO for 8 years, and the best thing I did to improve my financial life was real estate investing. 

They will improve, but never "pop."

I do have a very specific and curated buy box, so I know what i'm looking for in terms of zoning, lot size, buildable/improvable sqft, location, etc.With that being said, do you still not recommend going through sheriff sales?

With a recast, my monthly payment could drop, improving cash flow.3.

Paying a reasonable amount to assist in one's life improvement is not a bad thing, just don't do nothing else thinking this one thing is the 'cats pajamas' as DG likes to say.

I feel like my "circle of people" really needs an expansion and improvement and I want someone with more experience in the field I want to be in to really help me gain myself to success!

I can say almost all my customers have worked into that 1% or better, but sometimes make take a few years with rent increases.My advice is to look for slightly older homes in non-HOA neighborhoods to improve your ROI.

I position my inspections as 'planning for future repairs/improvements' which mitigates that whole 'he's here to get my security deposit' mindset.And, I would rather have the tenant with me than to have him later claim that something was broken during the inspection.  

We will then, as the units turn over, get rents up a good bit further with additional design improvement renovations and hopefully reno into lower interest rates when they drop or at the very least in 5 years on our 20 year we'll have paid off enough to refi into a smaller loan.That is the only kind of smaller deal we can find in neighborhoods where we want to buy now. 

Appraiser will check the rent schedule and if there were any improvements done.4.