I think my biggest hurdle at this point is cataloging the vast amount of vendors / showrooms etc to find one that has the best price for the best product!

For a quick catalog of some premium themes, you could visit themeforest.net or templatemoster.com.Alternatively, you could go with a theme framework.

BiggerPockets has a growing catalog of 40+ books to choose from, and we even have a collection for rookies in particular.

The degree will cost you a good chunk of money, and since you already have some success with your business may not see the return on your investment.Harvard has several online business courses for free: https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/freeGoogle has free certifications including project management: https://grow.google/I know that some other large universities offer the option to Audit a class for free, so you can learn what the students are learning, but you don't get a degree at the end. 

When I moved into an apartment or even when I rented an Airbnb I cataloged everything pre-existing wrong and told the landlord.

@Jonathan Tang  little more to it in the timber business lest you buy a christmas tree farm..its not like looking in a catalog :)  but either way that was the concept.we made 500k on deals that we put no money into.. all in 90 days.. but that was when the J log  Japanese grade log  was selling for 1200 a MBF  it crashed along with the japanese economy so its not what it was.. but its come back strong on the domestic side with all this building and natural disasters  CA fires  and Houston flood.. although the flood is more a boon to sheetrock companies

When they signed for their sales gear they were acknowledging that our catalog was valued at $1,000 (1978 dollars) and if they didn't return it, or took it with them to a competitor they would be liable for that amount.

When I go into their office, they have a small catalog full of cheap parcels of land.

PLUS a good sized island.http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/transformations/countertop-transformations

The first - driving around, locating distressed properties, recording as much information as possible, and then cataloging the information into a spreadsheet/database.