It is a bit more saturated with buyers and overall sale price of homes are higher.

Multiple properties listed on the website portfolio appeared to be ones they would possibly not have initiated the LOI/PSA/sale as the properties are known to be bought/run/sold by other entities/syndicators.

I have read a lot of posts on Residential Assisted Living, that I am considering getting involved in, and seems like many of the posts make reference to RAL Academy and noted that there is an online version and in person version . . . wondering if any of you have taken either and if you would recommend one over the other and why.

The National Association of Realtors says that the average profit on a flip is is $15,000 and takes 6 months from start to sale.  

Most investors who take this route are not short-term investors and do not enter the investment with a timeline for sale. 

Selling costs would be 8-10% of the sales price but there should be an estimated proceeds sheet that would show you costs.

@Troy Smith might be worth having a local agent take a look at your comps with a CMA and then weigh out whether your 'spring market' will bring better sales comps, or if the sales from the past 6 months will get you the value that you are looking for.Here's a quick go-by for seasoning requirements for much of the investment property lending world.

You owe two taxes:A. capital gain tax on $150k ($500k sale - $350k purchase)  PLUSB. depreciation recapture on $100k of depreciation taken.Now, let's assume that you messed up somewhere along the way, and you only took $70k worth of depreciation instead of $100k.

Is it mainly a sales pitch or is there good knowledge that you cannot find elsewhere?

The reason is the rent-to-price ratio is good so you can cash flow, and most of the West side doesn’t have a Point of sale inspection which is really annoying.