Will definitely lever on those tools and on in-person meetings!

Use automation and pricing tools like Your Porter, Wheelhouse, Pricelabs, and Beyond Pricing4.

I refinanced last September to increase my cashflow to $1,000 and took out a good chunk of equity. 3 families increase in value quickly especially in a location that has few.

That can be invaluable.  

The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

When all goes well things are good. 10 years ago, Investors enjoyed working with good wholesalers who would actively scout the properties desired and do all of the leg work.Over time, the ability to get involved with little or no skin in the game, the ability to make a lump sum of money quickly, and a plethora of bad information made available by people who were only after the disposable income of those who really did not have enough money to get involved in higher level RE took a good tool and exploited it.Wholesalers exploiting undereducated layman (someone who does this exclusively for a living is operating as an Agent with no licensing issues to restrain them or cause them to disclose expert status), using a lot of really distasteful tactics (like trying to wholesale deals already on the MLS, co wholesaling through a string of folks) and getting greedier and greedier as they went....That's where the stink came from. 

The MLS is just a tool, the issue is the market.

Of course there are more factors to consider but this is a good screening tool.  

My father and I are comfortable using tools, and have taken care of some of the work, such as re-attaching gutters, trimming doors, adding downspouts, fixing toilets, etc...

@Joe Villeneuve1% Rules are for fools- I'm trying to sharpen my tools :)