@Tracy SchultzIf you feel like you have spent enough time analyzing and studying/getting to know the market you are in, start writing offers on places.

Roofing is brutal work and you will quickly find that your time is better spent elsewhere!

Spent around $220k on construction.

I spent thirty years handling title insurance claims and can state with certainty, mistakes can be made by the most experienced searcher/examiner. 

Hey Alan, your a wealth of out of the box idea. 

Spent the day reaching out to multiple property managers and the average rate is a whopping 30% of the booking revenue for the area I'm interested in!

I spent over a year researching and learning, mostly with the help of BP, and then another year searching.

I'm not complaining - I've done well - but because I spent a long time not messing with RE at all after my new construction fiasco, I didn't fully grasp the rare opportunity that was in front of me buying properties for less than $50k after the housing meltdown in 08-10.

This would be more than enough for me to live comfortably, and then the rest of my time can be spent managing the rentals.

For example, you spent $100 in advertising the unit to get the first tenant.