Returns are great if you get a good area and build a solid team but thats going to take some leg work in picking the right people that see's your vision. 

The key is to pick a lane—focus on improving as an investor, finding great deals, and letting a solid property manager handle the operations.

Right now its slim pickings in real estate for properties that will cash flow or see any significant appreciation. of course they are always out there but a lot harder to find.The other question is why do you want to continue to grow?

We have the material on site, contractor doesn't have to pick it up. 

Ed (owner) finally stated that it is because payments are processed the night/morning AFTER the date in which the tenant picks.

I'm working through the "picking a market" worksheet and workshop, and there are no clear instructions on how to find this. i've tried googling it, and referencing my data aggregators, but usually data goes back a year, 2-3 if I'm lucky. 

It's lengthy and of course, they can pick and choose what to read or jump around to what they want to learn. 

After picking a handful of areas of interest, it took me about 6 months to work on the deals that met the numbers I mentioned before.Now its time to scale!  

Pick one and tell me why you selected buyer or seller!

The paint is never going to be perfect and its far easier to pick up on imperfections in a vacant house.