Video walkthroughs and establishing a trusted boots on the ground are just as good plus save me hours and hours of driving!

He is also planning on a tile accent wall.  

From there we identify properties that could have some potential and if you are interesting in diving deeper, 1) we do a thorough video walkthrough to give you a realistic look of the property, 2) we give a ballpark estimate of rehab costs (we do 40 a year with our GCs o we will get pretty close), 3) we talk through market rent with our property management team, ARV, and potential highest and best use.Ideally you find great investor agents who know their market really well and have a network of resources to provide you with enough confidence to take reasonable action. 

Because buying a house in excellent condition and then totally changing the layout can be expensive, especially if it's involving load supporting walls. 

There were weekly group video phone calls that despite usually only having 5-10 people online I could never get a question answered leaving me to believe they were pre recorded.

Moved kitchen and removed walls What was the outcome?

I pull permits for removal of load bearing walls, addition of bathrooms or bedrooms, addition of footage.

The biggest thing I notice on this one (just from the pictures) is the absence of electrical work (receptacles not present on some walls/kitchen, ceiling fixture with pull) which means the electrical panel is probably 60amp, and the odd gas supply repair which indicates the landlord was cutting corners. 

Yeah, I saw that dozer video too, that's a big one!

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.