It was honestly luck, I didn't know much about real estate I just knew I needed a house that was unappealing to others to be able to buy it and have it fit in our budget.

Use Josh Rimmel for landscaping (professional, honest and reliable).

I’d honestly look for a trailer reseller or someone with their own land. 

I agree with what everyone else has said, those figures seem extremely high.

I do not know honestly.

New owners are normally at 2 extremes...

Self-showing services are extremely common but that should be in the contract. 

It really comes down to your goals and time commitments.Airbnb margins have been getting tighter and it is extremely time consuming.

We've been extremely lucky with our first tenant- she is wonderful.

With regard to renovations, I always suggest taking incremental steps to bigger renovations or partnering with someone who has already done a renovation at that level.I've been known to just go for the big rehabs for my personal investments here in Chicago , and during that process, it's always more stressful than it needs to be...As far as navigating the competition, I've found the best thing I can do is get EXTREMELY CLEAR  on what I am looking for; then I am confident pulling the trigger quicky.