BP has done such a great job of promoting SFR investing to the masses, that those masses have pushed up real estate prices to where it's now DIFFICULT to cashflow right away.Keep going, but understand you won't get rich in real estate overnight - it's a long-term wealth building strategy.For the short-term, recommend joining a few in-person investor meetings if possible, otherwise online ones.

I am basically counting on the values appreciating over the next 2-3 years and possibly refinancing it later.

If your local municipality has an online court records, go to their website and look up both criminal and civil histories.

An instructor can make it better, but most are online now anyway.

Yes, you still do online shopping and coordination and so on, but hitting 500 hours in this case becomes far more challenging.

I can't post the link here, you can dm me or search online. 

The FF rates in my zipcode are higher than I expected and their quality is less than what I'm bringing online! 

You can file online now, a trip to the courthouse isn't necessary until the hearing.

Most are folks that have the emotional control of a 5 year old, controlling attitude, an omniscient narrative in every thread & topic, act like an online hall monitor, and constant attention seeking. 

If you want to keep the condo and scale, consider refinancing or getting a HELOC or finding partnerships.