One of the things that has really helped me has been to bring a friend or my husband along, it helps boost my confidence because I have someone to catch me in case the conversation becomes awkward.

Being under the tutelage of an experienced investor, be it a lender, flipper, wholesaler, or landlord, will give new investors that boost in the industry.

CoC is a very grey calculation at best and many investors "prefer" to ignore their total equity to boost their barging rights on their returns. 

Or if it is occurring,  the owners could pass a new HOA rule to expressly prevent it.Airbnb activity could hurt value if it's annoying, or boost value if investors and homeowners are making more money because of it.  

Personally, i'm getting into the investment side of real estate, and my franchise has had several siminars on using real estate investing to boost our business.My general goal and plan is to offer any real estate i find that i deem a good deal to my networking circle first (my investors) If they don't want it, then i take a look at it for myself.

Seller wants to move it quickly, so he will provide my 20% down money by boosting the property's sale price higher.  

Read as many books & forum posts as you can to boost your knowledge.Best of luck with your real estate voyage.

You are correct that it's possible - but how would putting in just $8K get you such a big boost in the ARV?

I am sure that your experience will boost the BP community especially in NY and other states

Getting a parent to add you to one of their cards as an authorized user, it instantly boosts your credit history.Get a store card, and only buy a few items that you'll pay off every month.Etc.