If a neighborhood is desirable, and that desirability is based on sound long term sustainable supply and demand fundamentals, then that is a good thing for both flips and buy and holds.

We always encourage our students to worry about the fundamentals (e.g. finding good deals, accurate cashflow projection, finding good tenants, etc.) now, and later on you can get fancy with asset protection and whatnot if you want.

@David Zheng since real estate is cyclical, my approach is to target value-add assets in markets that have strong core fundamentals of job and economic growth. 

I highly recommend you focus on the fundamentals at this stage in your rental investing career.

What are my options to walk away from this buyer since he fundamentally changed our deal and sell it to the person who was interested in only Property A for 8k more. 

Hey @Yair Gafni,As others have stated, the market fundamentals are mediocre.Population has been stagnant for a few years now.Incomes have risen, but only enough to barely out pace inflation.Some areas have seem more action than others.The map below shows just those area by taking the change in median home values since 2014 to 2018 at the census tract level.All data comes from Census American Community SurveyHope you find this informative

We will also cover what docs to gather as needed, while learn the fundamentals within my first 5 short sales.I can't say yet how we plan to sale the properties because we haven't reached this point yet - But I will add it to my focus notes for my mentor.

Maybe the price tag is fine, but if it is just to high more exposure doesn't really fix a fundamental problem like that.

Take a top-down approach by considering the market fundamentals so you reduce your risk and increase your upside (cash-flow and appreciation potential).

It has actual instruction and will teach you the real fundamentals of accounting, which I believe is necessary in bookkeeping.