The landscaping is minimal.

He does mention saving up enough cash to buy the property for your first one however of course there are a few methods of acquiring a property with minimal down and having a hard money or private money lender on the property for the first mortgage and then refinance it with a conventional loan.

This will minimize back and forth questions that take up a lot of time and it will help your investors trust you. let them know in detail all the different fees that you take and how hard you are working to make their investment profitable.

I know when we do showing for renting near the end of a lease, we try to do them at the same time to minimize the disruption. 

Unless I can find a private lender with minimal down, maybe I should just focus on wholesaling to build up capital and then get into fix and flips.

Sounds like there was minimal impact on rent $.

Planning on going to a proven market and having a partner to minimize risk.

If you don’t need all the money at once, liquidate as follows to minimize tax:(1) funds which have lost money(2) funds you’ve owned more than a year but in the order of least to most profitable (on a % basis not $ basis)(3) funds you’ve owned less than a year but in order of least to most profitable.Look at individual transactions.

If I don't do that right, I am the only one to blame for poor returns.But If I buy right and buy in a nicer area, I minimize the effect the PM can have on my expenses.

Needs small touch-ups throughout, but with minimal investment, could be a great flip.