to me part of the picture is the quality and liquidity of the asset..

Most are motivated sellers that either cannot wait the average 120 days from on market to closing, or do not want to show the house or have pictures of the house online, maybe they inherited the property from a hoarder in their family that passed.RE agents can certainly still sell these properties, but many don't know how or would rather deal with retail market they know and love, rather than find and grow a network of cash buyers, coordinate clearing out a place with a dumpster or whatever might be involved, and/or various types of creative financing.

For example, if I could use my phone to take a picture of a damaged AC and the app pulls up prices in my area?

@David Ingram that's not required by all lenders (in fact, I've never had a lender ask for this), but it might be required of some lenders...and it's possible more lenders are requiring it these days, since many are tightening their underwriting requirements.  ..whether or not lenders require it may also depend on the borrower's overall financial picture and DTI (I'd suggest asking your mortgage broker whether they require this of all borrowers, or just in certain circumstances).Also keep in mind that not all lenders/mortgage brokers are the same--if you go around to multiple mortgage brokers, they may give you different qualification amounts, different terms, different underwriting requirements, etc.

The hardmoney for me is kinda out of the picture because since this would be my first deal , I haven't been able to find anyone that would lend me an important amount of money ( at least that's the answer I have gotten from the companies I have applied with ) .

Something that looks like this but with ability to remotely manage the codes -your picture didn't post.

Thanks for the big-picture understanding of why OOS is as messed-up as it is here, where we don't even have someone quite like you.

Real Estate is just a part of your total financial picture so don't become too focused on just real estate.

**NOTE: in the “before” picture black is just old carpet pad/adhesiveHardwoods all day long.

good luck, there is a successful and rewarding life outside the 20 years in real estate....the sooner you start the sooner you will see the bigger picture (life outside the military!)