So, a termite treatment certification should not be enough to satisfy you. 

You can get the list including visual map at County Tax Sale App (just google it)

I've never heard of it taking two years to sell a house in the suburbs, that's straight idiocy.Going forward ask this guy about treatment plans, what CEs to pursue for after you graduate to help make you a better clinician, etc., but his real estate advice sounds like a wanna-be ego-driven baller who wants "sexy" properties to brag about at a dinner party with people they don't actually like instead of educating themselves about how to build a long term empire so they don't even have to bend over that perio patient in their op 8 hours a day.

My real estate background consists of visually building and designing my own homes just for fun...just kidding.

The spread on rehab flip deals typically comes from the rehab work and the treatment of the house as "distressed" when doing the BPO.But at any rate, it's a good deed for the neighbor, as the short sale will ding their credit much less severely than a foreclosure.

Necessary repairs before filling the house with a renter will include a wood floor treatment (not full on refinishing with polyurethane), touch up trim paint in each room, selectively touch up wall paint in certain rooms, repair a portion of ceiling from water damage (source of damage identified and repaired by owners), as well as general cleaning of Full Bath tub and tile surround. 

I feel the structure was horrible for the following reasons: all classes were recorded live and constantly had technical difficulties (lots of empty audio or visual), the classes were on eastern time which was 8-11 PM my time (which was hard to stay awake when you've been up since 5 AM for your day job), if you have a question you have to contact a third party who then transfers your inquiry (2-3 days wait was average to get a question answered), your only face-to-face contact was at the annual symposium.

It helps me visualize myself doing something similar.

If you treat them good they will return the same treatment.

Hmmm, I am a planner, I am visualizer, I throw a million ideas on the wall and attempt what I can.