Rather, it’s much more efficient to monitor what comes up on the market, better finetune your own criteria, and then act quickly when a good property becomes available. 

Choose a lender who is efficient and prepared.

a) Housing bonds need to be graded by efficiency of use.  

:We can't tell you what job will be most helpful, because we don't know what you want to do, mentors can be difficult to find unless you end up working for someone, they aren't always necessary to be successful thoughFor someone who doesnt know what they want is there a more efficient way to narrow my search?

Usually AMCs can get things turned around faster because they have more efficient operations...

You're worried about hardening and running the place as efficiently as possible.I hope this helps with Question 1.I'm not going to address Question 2 because there are other, better-prepared people here to answer that than the likes of me.

Definitely not the most effective or efficient but doable regardless of Covid

.- I would have a group of 5-6 private and hard-money lenders whom I've built strong relationships with who could handle financing on all of my future investments efficiently.- I would have a full-time VA, and Acquisitions manager focused solely on list-building, cold calling, and MLS research to find the next investments.- I would have a dedicated agent who handled all offers, listings, leadings etc..- I would have a full-time VA, and field manager to assist with all project management - so that I could technically not need to Manage flips or renovations if I didn't want to.- I would personally manage the business operations, and oversee Project Management for all flips and renovations.- I would have strong relationships with 2-3 sub contractors in each trade in my market who I serve well, and who are excited to work with me.- I would have a rental portfolio that never dropped below 25 doors or $65k of net cashflow yearly- I would flip a minimum of 15 properties per year- I would consistently earn more a gross income over $250k per year from all real estate investments active & passive.If you are actually asking what would I do differently if investing were easy..

If you buy a turnkey, with aggressive govt, you need to keep your rents at the market.You also need to address maintenance items efficiently. 

Your money is being less efficient.