Hi Cynthia,I am still in the reading/listening to podcast stage of my Real estate career but i am going to pitch in here with my opinion and see how close it is to other experienced investors that comment later.Your management fee expenses are super low at 3%. i have seen them being quoted from 8%-12% on all other deals that i learn from in this forum and in general 8-10% seems to be the standard.

I like staging my rental properties and holding open houses with fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies and soft music playing.  

Will they be aggressive about getting showings, will they do open houses, provide a great property photographer and create a virtual tour, will they help with staging and curb appeal?

If you are not past those contingency stages either party could back out.  

I have recently to looks into more and more deals which includes loans currently in advanced foreclosure status, for example , anything from a few hearings done to FC sale date set and it is 30-60 days.How do you change your price offer in the bid stage to address that, given everything else equal?

I too am in the learning stage and forming my team and saving for 1st deal.

I just sold off two facilities (about 400 unit's total) and have 400 more in various stages of development.

I'm still solidly in the learning stage and would really appreciate any tips on starting, getting realistic expectations, and next steps.I currently make ~52k/year, I know it's not a whole lot especially out here in California.

At this stage, it probably is in my best interest find some people who can nudge me in the right direction or, at the very least, keep me from going in the wrong direction.

For someone doing the final stage of a big brrrrrrr recently, writing it off up-front (bad for mortgage purposes) v depreciating it over several years (good for mortgage purposes) was an $80,000 difference. $80k less in expenses isn't much different than $80k of income. $80k makes a huge difference... and this wasn't tax fraud or anything shady, 100% legit.