Short term vs long term are 2 totally different strategies, and any rockstar LO should be examining all this with you. 

The 2020 BiggerPockets Insights Market Study examines the 552 largest markets in the United States to help investors of all types and experience levels understand how various locales across the U.S. compare to one another.Over the next few months, we’ll be releasing more BPInsights studies similar to this one for mid-sized and small markets.

I know Lorain County Community College offers real estate courses designed to meet the pre-exam requirements for the State of Ohio Real Estate Salesperson's License examination (as I am sure other community colleges in the area do).Is it worth taking the courses and getting licensed if I don’t ever work for a broker?

Hey Anthony,I completely agree with you that we are in very uncertain economic times; however, I think it would serve you well to examine some of the market numbers that we have been able to observe over the past few months.

Let’s examine this from a total return.  

One way to verify an applicant's credit history would be to examine their tax returns and other relevant documents (i.e. bank statements).

On a side note I just failed the bar exam in CA for the 4th time.

Therefore, it shouldn't be examined in isolation.Really what we're looking for is if your activities rise to the level of a trade or business, and if the property was used in that trade or business.It's possible a one off flip (or two, or three) might be capital gain and not ordinary income subject to SE tax. 

I've studied and read the basics of this subject from Brian Page and examined the potential amount of cashflow and staggering ROI.

I haven’t closely examined how they derived their number but it was for the cancelled nights.