I have found a couple masterminds that are tempting and I think would help me learn quickly but they are anywhere from 7-15k and the general sentiment I've found is to avoid these if possible.

You can also learn average costs for common repairs in your market to get a ballpark figure yourself.

I'm new to the community and excited to learn from all of you.

Lessons learned?

It offers a learning curve that prepares you for your own property investments and builds a brand that people trust.

If you get it back expect to pay a good amount in legal feesIf you’re friend did the same they are up the creek too.Hard lesson to learn.

I wanted to learn about mobile homes and parks, but it came off as a big hype session with lots of people from the same funnel marketing company.

Because you are self servicing your loans most are not legally compliant with consumer protection laws and CFPB requirements such as sending statements on a monthly basis that have all the language the CFPB requires as well as each state may have additional requirements for sending out just a simple statement.

.* Our agents met and we learned that the lowest they'd go was $510 because of a HELOC* We offered $520K with $10K seller credit to be used for closing costs.

Quote from @Michael Smythe: @Steve K.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.