Any discrepancy of value in this instance isn't the appraiser's fault (and believe me, there are plenty of instances where appraisers are at fault), but inexperience and probably putting gold teeth in a dead horse.All of those items listed previously are nice and MAY make the house sell faster, but to think they're worth 90K is way off base. 

You should be able to connect with plenty of other investors from your area.

I will send you an invite to the facebook group.

It is slow but I met one new friend who is interested in real estate and is working in my hometown.What are your thoughts on me mailing landlords a letter introducing myself and inviting them for coffee?

In my area, at the REI meetups there are plenty of investors/pros with multi-family experience willing to chat.

There is plenty of very helpful info here.  

When you get the tax bill you want to make sure your lender also gets it and pays it on time.I see plenty of bad addresses.....and the excuse I never got the bill doesn't typically work with tax assessors. 

But either way, if you're adding value to the properties you should have plenty of equity when you go in to refi.

I'm guessing you can probably take the test in your state too at some kind of testing center, but not 100% sure about that.Come on down...plenty of people moving here. 

Plenty of investors new and experienced who are looking for a BRRRR deal!