I was slated to have a speaker for our January meeting who teaches a STR course - she was going to basically give an abridged version of her course and get the opportunity to pitch the full course for those who were interested - and she fell through.

I still wonder why they don't teach Sales in Business School ?

Have a small plaza that consists of mainly mom and pop style stores/ tenants.

For Airbnb style (nightly rate), you can try mashvisor, airdna, or any of these services

Podcasts BP are great but it doesn't really teach you everything you need. 

I have a W2 job, Army Retirement, and very small income from consulting and teaching online (a few thousand). 

If improvements are needed, then the loan being sought is usually a rehab style loan, where the loan is a portion of the purchase & rehab amounts, OR a percentage of the after repaired value (ARV), whichever is the lower figure.Rehab lenders want to see funds in the deal from the borrower.

I appreciate you reaching out to me and can't wait to meet you and this group to teach us about real estate investing.

Preferably outdated, 80% vacant, garden style(not mandatory but preferred).

I paid for coaching to help teach me how to run a property management business I interviewed 3 major players in the multi-family coaching space and interviewed their students.