Does any one have any advise on boot camp style training seminars to help me understand how to acquire, Improve, and hold these types of Investments

I believe RDU could have improved by setting one clear, conservative expectation that applied to all properties.RDU’s systems & tools have consistently fallen short of meeting my needs.

As a quick check I use the 1% rule to determine is a deal is worth looking at.

The most logical explanation refusing to play ball by any rules but the cartel’s.

Notify him as soon as possible that you will not renew his lease because you are planning "improvements" to the unit.

I don't use a formula (ex. 70% rule) instead I go by actual comps in the area.

@Christopher SmithAll 'trade or business' income of the taxpayer is aggregated for purposes of determining the net income limitation of S179.This means you could theoretically have a tax loss on your rentals, S179 the qualified improvement property (QIP), and have that S179 reduce your Schedule C income tax (but not self-employment tax), assuming you have net taxable income on the aggregation.I've had plenty of these conversations lately and will have a few more in the next few days for year-end planning purposes.

Even small improvements never go as planned, bigger jobs will have delays and unforeseen problems. doing this with tenants in place could prove to be disastrous.

I had forgotten that I meant to suggest some changes that I thought could really improve the user experience when using some of these calculators. 

Here is a rule of thumb: if your house was a normal rental making X dollars a month, it should make X dollars a week as a STR.