When you mentioned selling and other investors being involved.

You mention having a mentor.

If you wait for the problem to occur and then try to educate yourself, you will exacerbate the problem and lose more money.2.

It's worth mentioning I also require tenants to have their own renters insurance policy with at least 100k minimum liability.

I don't know how the really big players stomach it.Something else I failed to mention was how the PM's are also tacking on fees on top of rent to extract even more money from our tenants. 

If they have an legally binding agreement, you need to honor that agreement and pay the fee.If you failed to mention to the agent that they are going to get paid, and then explained how, of course they won't present the offer.

As mentioned before too, newer construction tends to sell at a premium too. 

Quote from @Jack Townsend: I heard David Greene mention a loan product that only requires a 10% down payment on the purchase price and 10% of the rehab budget.

As @Eli Konig mentioned above, going into RE right now without a lot of experience and without knowledge of a local market I think makes TK a decent beginning option.I've been in communication with REI and going through their process right now.

The email I received today from BP only mentioned:  Free Property Management Software from RentRedi.