I'm specifically interested in learning how to land a pre-foreclosure deal, but I think I need a structured system for educating myself and have a teacher/mentor for support and to hold me accountable during the process.

Downstairs tenant just moved in and is signed on a one year lease and has extended family in 3 or 4 of the surrounding houses so I believe they would also be a longer term tenant.

So a CRE crash will indirectly hit the economy hard, I still believe SFR is a quality, long-term scarcity hard asset worth investing in.

think of it as advance pre-marketing.  

I have a long term tenant that seems to state that they’re having ants, spider, and wasp problems.

Medium term opens up my property options. 

After the renovation is complete - you can either sell the property or refinance it into a long term DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) loan.

I saved money on the labor cost by doing the work myself.

A while back I passed my pre-license course in GA and never continued to take my state exam (my job was going so well and my main focus was finding a deal to invest in at the time).

Part of my reasoning for wanting to buy in Costa Rica is that housing (for long term rental purposes) doesn't have a good cash on cash value in my region.