Determine Your BudgetSet a Realistic Budget: Consider the cost of tuition, living expenses, and your financial situation.Mortgage vs.

This year, I’m determined to jumpstart my portfolio and would love to connect with wholesalers and lenders to collaborate on deals. 

Did you run a DSCR calculation to determine cashflow?

So far, I have been fueled by passion and determination but I do not have any mentors and have not had a lot of guidance at all as I have obtained these properties.

This reminds me of how Alex Hormozie describes "the value equation"; Experience in this case is the factor that determines the likelihood of achievement. 1,000%Alex Hormozie is one of the greatest marketers not just alive, but ever. 

I want to become really good at analyzing deals, and determine the markets I should focus on.Are there any resources aside from this forum (books, journals, news publications, podcasts) that you recommend I use to learn more?

If there hasn't been an adjustor to the property yet, a coverage determination letter sent, or you feel like you haven't heard much from the claims team, I want to make sure I understand what gave you that impression.Again, I'm so sorry you've been impacted and I'm available directly to help in any way.

The other thing to note is that the IRS only lets you have a 401K loan balance of up to $50K over a 365 day period. 

So obviously being in foreclosure, absentee owner, tax lien or any of such "distress" doesn't make you motivated.So what you need to ask yourself is "how do these software determine who or what is a motivated seller right?

I could quickly determine if I wanted to offer a discount or not.What I don't like is Pricelabs can swing pricing for certain nights by over $200 overnight.