Then go back and work through all of them (a podcast player that will play back at 2x helps).

Also  perc testing to make sure the ground is capable of handling and filtering the water being introduced. 

Build more third party Api to automate the due diligence process much as possible.Value of marketplace should lie in the capability to fight fraud to keep transparency and fairness.

I try to identify the players at the meetings and just ask them for referrals of good vendors and property sources in the area.  

The amount seems reasonable, but make sure your new rental is capable of paying not only its own mortgage but the added payments you may need to make on your home equity loan as well. 

How long are you willing/capable to wait?  

Otherwise, get all the paint from Sherwin Williams because their matching capability is much, much better.

One more thing I forgot to add--the two largest players (RealtyMogul and Fundrise) are now in the private REIT business.  

This company capitalized on foreclosures and converted them to rentals, one of the major players, and I helped them acquire SFRs in Arizona, Texas, Georgia and Wisconsin.

I agree that doing the renovations yourself would save TONS of money but some of the things we want to do, we're not capable of (our handiness is sub par)We plan to contract out the "bigger" stuff with the 203k loan and then do the fixes we can handle ourselves during our year of occupancy (although we would be paying out of pocket for any fixes we do afterwards obviously).With the 203k, as long as the house is up to FHA code after reno and as long as what we put into the property total is less than the ARV, then you're good!