Your analytical skills will come in very handy in quick deal analysis - you'll be able to save yourself hours and days of work (it all happens in excel anyway ;)) and, as a result, review, skim, delve deeper and act upon before the rest of the market does, nabbing you the best deals, whichever particular strategy you may choose.My background was project management, and I felt so at home when I started analysing my first RE deal, it was a bit of a shock - but those skills are serving me oh so well now.Best of luck to you!

I'm just finishing a job East of Fargo ND where the local drywall/finishers told me to use a large nap roller and two coats of thick paint to cover the fact that they didn't know how to skim walls.

I just wanted to share that though it may not seem like much at first, I have actually gone through quite a few forum posts (not nearly enough though), read J Scott's book on Flipping Houses and skimmed the Estimating Costs book, have listened to quite a few of the Bigger Pockets Podcasts while at work (still have more to go), skimmed through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Investing, re-read Rich Dad Poor Dad, read The E Myth Revisited, found a local REIA Meet up to attend (and will be going to my first meeting this week) and almost purchased the books required to start studying for my license (I'm still planning on this).   

In most cases, you can simply patch up the holes, calk in the cracks and skim a few walls to make them look new again (newish).

If they sue you , it might be considered equity skimming.

I would also consider going old school with plaster skim coat system about 3/8 thick. 

I just skim over the all the hater reply’s.. they offer nothing to the discussion.. but luckily there are also plenty of successful pros willing to discuss and help the inexperienced.

That's not meant to be insulting to the author in any way, it just doesn't go very deep into how he established his wholesaling and bird-dogging leads nor does it touch on the process of wholesaling or bird-dogging.I did find his analysis of every offer given him a great way to quickly learn from examples how to evaluate a deal.It's a decent read/skim, but not worth more than a couple bucks or hours of your time.

I've been working on checking on other pricing as to not get too comfy with the labor I've been using.How much are you paying for hardwood refinishing and skim coating?

I like them for their milk (cashflow) and I get paid over and over again.Both are good investments if you know what you're doing.