I claim if you properly allocate for sustained expenses this is negative cash flow. 

Alternatively, happy to be a resource, run analysis on deals etc.

Before making a big decision, consider resources, time, and involvement.

But you need to educate yourself and know exactly what the remedy is, or you may pay a huge expense for nothing.Any company that's doing a bid will video your line (no cost) so they can properly determine what the issue is.

Give proper notice.

From there we identify properties that could have some potential and if you are interesting in diving deeper, 1) we do a thorough video walkthrough to give you a realistic look of the property, 2) we give a ballpark estimate of rehab costs (we do 40 a year with our GCs o we will get pretty close), 3) we talk through market rent with our property management team, ARV, and potential highest and best use.Ideally you find great investor agents who know their market really well and have a network of resources to provide you with enough confidence to take reasonable action. 

A handy search bar in the upper right makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

I’ve got a lender who is a problem solver and loves geeking out on the minute details of these problems (it’s what makes her a great lender) and she could be a great resource for you...she’s put together condo conversion workshops with experts all talking about their components.

If I don't do any of these courses, any other resources someone suggests for help in getting started on arbitrage? 

@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.