Do you have anything like this you'd be willing to share that lets you make these high-speed, on-the-spot decisions on a property? 

I am literally waiting for POF from a buyer right now (in your price point) because the seller wants to see POF to cover the down payment in order to accept an offer.In your appraisal contingency, put a shorter date than the 10 days prior to close. 

If you and your real estate professional agree in writing to end the agreement before the end date, the agreement immediately ends.

It’s a service landlord offers a nice clean up to date place to live and makes repairs in a timely fashion.

I am confident that if you find a good coach and take action, you will speed up your success. 

But until then I'm trying to catch up to speed with books, pod cast and mentoring sessions to make sure that I have enough of an understanding to be successful in this venture.  

The seller's attorney is also wanting due diligence days, earnest money amount, closing date and other special stipulations.

Might be 30 to 90 days after closing, so this pads your date some more.If you find a winner, maybe it is fully occupied and you live in NYC until your lease expires, then move into the property.Lastly, even if the landlord is a jerk and you have to pay ~6 months of rent, when you are 80 and a millionaire from your real estate journey, will that 15k(?)

Speed of repair and availability of parts is no different - if you were living there, and you didn't know how to fix it, you'd be spending the same $250 and waiting the same amount of time for the part, and it's nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

Everything is in working order, it’s just extremely dated, as in nothing has been updated since around the 40s-50s.