So if these 2 factors are fairly similar to some other businesses or investment strategies, #1 They highlight their best successes, #2 they use primarily debt to buy property, then there is really no reason to hate a guru program, unless you also hate the other persons or companies who behave the same way.

I am here today to start looking into securing my future success, can not stay in the military forever.

I understand that the agent will get a percentage of the sale, so obviously it’s a factor.

I can confidently use a vacancy factor of 5%.  

Depends on many factors, needs of a seller, your needs, type of property, property condition, use of the property, potential of the property, value that may be added and time frame.Many other factors too.RE is not a step by step, deal thing, it is as much an art as a science you won't paint a master piece with a paint by numbers set!

Just make sure you run all your numbers factoring the increases cost of FHA loan payments.

I would bet very few in Detroit.  10 years is forever. 

It depends on how long you have owned it and if you have made any capital improvements as well as other factors but a very "ballpark" number would be about $5K. 

But rentals do have their downsides - big capex, bad tenants, and local market factors can all affect returns in an unexpected way.

Whether or not this is because of the negligence of the portal or because that's the nature of investing is something that I am sure will get argued forever.