Sounds like you have a good grasp of you goals, and the road to get there!  

He won't grasp that, b/c he honestly thinks his idea of what to do with your money is superior to yours. 

Once you have a grasp on what it will take the  you can start digging into  land and development costs etc.

@Joe Detroye definitely spend quite a bit of time following the market and what homes are selling for so you can have a good grasp on ARV for either a refi on a BRRRR if you are going to hold or a sale if you are going to flip it.

I think you have a pretty good grasp of things, but if there aren't many STR with your capacity you may be under cutting your own prices without knowing.

It's always important to make sure you're not over leveraged in any one investment property and to have a firm grasp on the property's I&E.

(For example, I had rented in 8 different areas of Orlando for 8 years in a row, so I tend to have a better grasp on the numbers there lol) On the other hand, I also know that Florida's multi family prices, and market in general, compared to cities like Albany, Rochester, or Buffalo are substantially higher.

Can you muster up the bare empathy to see things the way the tenant probably would and the taste this would leave in any elected official's mouth if they had to adjudicate a petty, grasping, little dispute like this?

I am still learning so until I get better grasp and understanding I want to continue to do the driving for dollars, and generating lists my self, but that doesn't mean that I have to answer the phone during the day from potential leads.I believe the solution to this is to use a phone answering service to take down numbers for me to call back.  

Unless they have prior rehab experience though, they may not be able to grasp how much rehab will cost and what the ARV will be once rehab is completed.