These people were trained to see property completely differently from you and I.  

A lot of it has to do with poorly trained employees and hourly workers working on the short sales for the banks/servicers.If the short sale if for a small bank and holds the note in house the process can be easier.

Originally posted by @Wilco Ravestijn:Let me start out with saying I know I should probably replace the tenant however, I'm curious about my short term options.Do not let your tenant train you.

We have no access past the water meter and the main is across four lanes of asphalt and through a train station, so I cut the main right after a shutoff and got a drip that ran to nothing.

Does your brokerage offer training at all?

A year and a half ago I pulled the trigger on going back to school for an accounting degree.

People are trained, but its the wrong training. 

In my experience, these jobs can tend to over-glamorize and under-support, but I would like to find out more.Other than looking online for some openings that can provide some training, I was planning to attend the local REIA to network and market myself.  

In my studies the message is to you due diligence and calculate costs and then I watched a training where the investor made an offer on the spot with a few simple calculations. 

@Paul Brockmann @Ashley G.Funny enough, this is still ongoing.