If I was just starting the first thing I would do is learn.

Since interest rates went up, hard to find cash flowing deals so I had to learn the terms business.

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

I'll keep everyone posted if/when this deal happens and share my learnings. 

Lessons learned?

Coaching will definitely help you expedite your process assuming you are putting everything your learning into play.

Still learning what questions to ask and info to seek out so thank you again!  

Sometimes I'm off my numbers but generally speaking you'll get better as you go so consider this a cost of learning the business.If you want to find someone "reasonable" I'd go to local meet-ups and ask around for contractor recommendations.

Lessons learned?

Update: just talked with my agent and I learned the seller has over 10mil in assets and will put in the contract that they will pay off their mortgage with cash if for whatever reason, the property is about to foreclose- there's also no due-on-sale clause on their mortgage - I will get an attorney to look over the contract