A great idea I borrowed from a local rehabber is to post a sign in the yard (or do Craigslist posts, email marketing, flyers to neighbors) and have a website devoted to the project where people can view photos or videos.  

You will devote every free minute to learning, to developing relational capital and to removing the barriers that are often put in place by long-time friends, co-workers and even family.

If you learn better by being in a classroom devoted to what you are learning, I would go that route.

Could be longer obviously, depending on how busy you are/how much time you devote to this.

As I've told Josh and the other mods, at some point when I have more time to devote, I'll return to the role.That said, you're still welcome to assume any answer you'd like...I'm actually pretty surprised they still want me to be a mod. 

If I were you, I would devote all my time to learning how to find deals.

By devoting all your spare income to paying off your mortgage leaves you with a house, and no money to invest.

I've been waiting a long time to finish my degree so that I can devote all my free time to real estate.  

You can make more money with a STR but there is more work involved.I think the answer to the question is what is your hourly rate with your W-2 job / business and what would the hourly rate be with your increase in airbnb income.Does it make sense to devote time to the airbnb when you can make pick up some over-time hours or moonlight some hours.

I think plugging information without analyzing or thinking of what is being done would take 4 hours or even less.However, when I work with clients, I normally try to see if the information that they provided to me makes sense and ask questoins to the client if any.For example, if I don't see mortgage interest, taxes or insurance on a profit and loss statement, its an automatic prompt for me to ask the client a question.Also, be mindful that there is more time devoted to a client than just completing a return.There is sending the welcome email, gathering and organizing information, one person prepares the return, one person reviews the return, requesting e-file authorization forms, submitting the return, letting the client know that the return has been submitted.In the event that you decide to do the return, look over the past 3 years worth of returns to see if they were done accurately.