What I'm against is buying properties from Roofstock, and other online platforms that claim to revolutionize RE investing and simplify the process.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Hi Account Closed we host 5 free monthly meetups in MA (Lowell, Waltham, Worcester, Gardner) and NH (Manchester) under the name Simplified REI.

Level of rehab for flips versus buy and hold is a very broad question, but to simplify I would suggest the following.FlipsOpen layout as much as cost will allow.

The question is simplify or diversify?

But I would like anything that would simplify my process.

If you have an idea of what the acquisition price and rehab budget might look like, happy to give you a breakdown of the simplified math. 

The math is super simplified, so please don’t hang me for that!

I guess when trying to simplify it one could say that the logical deduction from the often voiced mantra "use other's people money" is "hell, even more so use your own money where available!

There are many loan programs for investors, so finding the right one before you are making offers can simplify the loan process.