Good advice, @Joe Villeneuve     We are doing the buy and hold on STR vacation rentals, so no "flip-accumulation" for us though...we'll pay down the mortgages with the cash flow, make each one self-sustaining and keep the extra cash flow in the LLC account and let it accumulate (Maybe for unit 4 or 5 down payment?). 

You have to be able to distinguish that in your break down of cost up front.

Moreover, some neighborhoods and/or internal developments can further be distinguished by mere impoverishment versus impoverishment plus criminality.

And appreciate the perspective on distinguishing between maintenance and extending useful life.

It does take some time to make a name for oneself, and become able at finding houses.  

This is a pulling oneself up from ones bootstraps approach to earning a bit of money without using capital, loans, or anyone else's money.

A lot of agents put their name and "Real Estate Agent" or something along those lines as the title of their blog/site, but their prospective clients are searching for agents in a specific location and if you don't specify where you work there's nothing to distinguish you from an agent on the other side of the country.

Integrity is holding oneself to a personal standard.

Now I know what NOT to do and failures only serve to educate oneself anyway, right? 

@Alanna Schroeder has excellent hosting tips and hacks on her blog at The Distinguished Guest, including a Hospitality Guide and Communications Guide.And as much as I hate labels on the light switches myself, I recently learned that for some guest personalities, those small labels are what makes many guests happy, and they could care less about a a gift basket when they arrive.