This will help you steer clear of a lot of the mistakes people make when walls are opened up, mechanicals changed, kitchens redesigned, etc. 

I recommend you choose 1-3 hot return and appreciation markets and be loyal to 1 excellent/seasoned investment realtor in each market and lean on them to guide you and steer you to opportunities.

Mike Thompson (above) can steer you in the right direction.

But if no one has heard of them and their loan products are too good to be true I would steer clear. 

As a rule of thumb, I'd probably steer clear of anything over 50 years old unless it's been recently updated.

These rules, which include a requirement that sellers set aside a portion of the purchase price for buyer-agent commissions, prohibitions on modifying the commission, and permission to filter listings by commission, all enable NAR, its co-defendants, and its members to maintain buyer-agent commissions at supra-competitive levels unrelated to brokers’ experience or the services provided, steer home buyers away from lower commission homes, and drive out discounters—among other harms."

Helps steer the way.

Best to steer clear of Limitless Funding, imo.

We just help steer them in the right direction in terms of what characteristics each LVP product comes with.

Set up purchase criteria that will define success for you, an arbitrary minimum purchase price is not a great criteria, instead I would use something like proximity to good schools, neighborhood improvement trends, etc.Finding good deals is really tough right now so it is important to have criteria that are solidly grounded and based on reasons that will steer you toward profits.