And now on to the deal mentioned above:My best friend has been wholesaling for about a year or two semi-successfully.

I also find that sometimes I spend hours researching semi trivial things for my properties.

I have done this multiple times with older floors.Here's a shot of part of a floor after a light sanding:Here's a different part of the same floor after a sealer coat and two coats of oil-based semi-gloss polyurethane:

I was semi expecting this in the next 10-15 years which is why I got started in real estate investing.

As used herein “additions, improvements, or alterations” includes, without limitation, lock changes, painting, replacing fixtures, installing wallpaper, attaching shelves, installing curtains or shades, or other permanent or semi-permanent changes to the Premises.

Although I still have a lot to learn I want to avoid falling into analysis paralysis and inaction.I like your third piece of advise, I have yet to attend any real estate investor clubs or networking events but semi regular attendance with at least one club is on my list for things to start doing soon.  

And there is of course plenty of damage to the trim from the last 80 years of living and bad management.So instead, I've scraped it all, sanded it all, planed many of the windowsills down to good wood, puttied/caulked/bondoed everywhere, and coated all the trim in two coats of Kilz Original, and then two coats of Glidden Premium semi-gloss.

Or if it is a small deal in OH maybe you know someone who can use a credit card to help you purchase it, then rifinance it into a non-QM (i.e. semi-soft money) loan. 

With all three of these is where over the next 5 years I will  do a lot of damage and be able to retire or at least semi retire from working.

IE If they wanted to invest $10k, I might agree to pay them 8-10% once annually, or something a bit lower semi-annually, etc.