The IREM info will be priceless I'm sure as neighborhood evaluation and price ranges will be the hardest to estimate remotely.

He/she should consider moving to less progressive state.

Check out our progress in the photo album at the link in my signature.

For me the most important skills to work on are evaluating the ARV, evaluating the rehab costs, estimating what your holding costs are going to be, creating many personal connections with other real estate professionals through networking, making offers, managing renovation projects and negotiating with sellers.Unless you have already mastered these skills I believe they are more important than learning how to renovate with your hands.  

A ton of progress had been made and we can hopefully, start gutting the sheetrock down to the studs starting next week.

That's a far cry from 70%-75% ARV - repairs people use for evaluating a potential investment purchase.

Assets; the value changes depending on the purpose of the evaluation of the asset, are we looking for market value, book value or for taxation purposes?

I use Property Evaluator Pro on my iPad as an evaluation too.

I understand eventually in order to progress further I will have to focus on a certain aspect and when that time comes, I'll make that decision.But for now, time to be humble and to learn!

Looking forward to seeing progress photos.