Just remember, there are no secrets and shortcuts in real estate investing, just slow and steady progress.

However, it's not for me personally.I have done a lot of rehabs on my own properties and have seen hundreds of different ways that a turnkey operator could take shortcuts that I would never know about (but that would come back to bite me shortly or years later).

Usually, buying a distressed property is great especially when you have a trusted boots on the ground team to help get it rehabbed ultimately getting you increased equity by saving you with rehab costs and making sure they are done correctly and with no shortcuts. 

We live in an age of "shortcuts" and mistake it for efficiency. 

That's the short-cut...but it will take a lot longer than a year.

They use national averages and try to adjust fr location but its not an accurate way of estimating costs.Bottom line there are not short cuts.

No need to take short cuts on a 40 unit property when it will only cost you $1,000-$1,500 to fly out to get it right and not guess on numbers. 

DEMAND is the foundation of your pro forma, so don't shortcut the process.

@Peter FuentesLike many people who have a newly found interest in real estate investing, you are looking for the shortcut, easy way, the goose that laid the golden egg.I would try educating yourself about the industry, picking a strategy that you can make a billion dollars doing so, figure out how you can get the this point, make a plan of action and then follow it.I will tell you that from my experience there is no short cut, there is no magic answer, there is no easy way to make a billion dollars. 

To many shortcuts to maximize returns at the expense of consumer.