Stay away from the “guru” sales-pitch events - they rarely increase your investment knowledge, they merely empty your wallet!

Lock your valuables-- purse, wallet, phone, computer, jewelry box, car, etc.

If you can get away with paint and or new cabinet doors and hardware in the kitchen that will save a lot.

Duplex, (currently in rent condition, but could use some repairs and new hardwares, close to college in a small town, lower income area, no significant appreciation expected)Asking 125k1-hr drive distancerent 2000 (tenant pays electricity heating water)It is nice to meet the 1% rule but it requires all cash purchase or hard money loan, which is the biggest headache, but not impossible with all cash. 

They didn’t install the toilet wax ring/plumbing correctly so water was coming through the ceiling, their “scope” -FRAME AND DRYWALL NEW BATHROOM AND INSTALL ALL HARDWARES, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL and other issues (all at my expense).

Roofs and 'lesser' critical home hardware like HVAC, AC, plumbing and non functioning lighting and electrical. 

So going to a hardware store, Fiverr, Upwork, etc., or even your local community college for a drafter will most likely not get you to what you need.I will add that you also won’t need to hire a large architecture & engineering firm for this.

All in all, though I like Marco, because of his innovation, but keep your wallet close.His repeat bootcamp charge of $500 for past graduates is a great bargain, because he is always teaching new stuff and has new programs, such as his financing program for the advertising costs for a formal auction that you would do with a professional auctioneer for houses over about $4M.

We have two new hotels going in and three new large residential projects going in (one going into the old Imperial Hardware spot on Main street which will be mixed use, one on Market Street which is a block and probably apartments, and a new project directly in front of the Fox Theater by Mark Rubin.)

I would say leave your wallet at home, but if you drive you need your ID!