I start my rehabs well before I have the keys.By the time I have keys in hand, I would have had several cocktails (not the celebratory kind though that's reserved for when it's rented , a rough budget, a rough timeline and a rough plan.When I get the keys, I pace around the house, plan the reno, then think about the plan and plan a bit more.I refine the budget and timeline, then get to work.Spend about 2x longer planning than you think you need.

If you are in a predominately owner-occupied areas (Class A & B) the median value is higher and appreciates at a different pace than non owner-occupied areas.

@William HochstedlerI agree (and I bet anyone wishes they could go out and buy everything they could at 1987 prices), but as far as buying today--I see wages as a hindrance to much further price growth for now, and I just don't see the rapid appreciation of the last few years continuing at that pace for much longer.

The nice thing is I could go at my own pace, which was fast.

Once we had a track record with a good agent and learned how to find properties on our own things progressed at a easy pace. 

Not a big surprise, but it had been difficult to distinguish between candidate rhetoric and policy agenda. 

Well it seems OP has some kind of ulterior agenda here, I'm not sure what.Biggerpockets is a COMMUNITY and all (most) are welcome to participate.

Cause those votes are just random people clicking buttons at the end of the day with no repercussions, or maybe even with an agenda...Interesting that you don't put as much weight on the podcast guests.

Plano can be challenging because the market is so fast paced at the moment.  

:) This can all be done in a relatively fast pace.