Immersing yourself in a new area that you're interested in will help you identify several of these things.

You need to identify your investment goals first.

At this point need to learn more about identifying problems (structural,electrical,plumbing,hvac) the severity of the problem (can I fix it or do I need a professional) and how to estimate repair costs.

What type of property have you identified?  

You can also drive around your neighborhood and identify properties and reach out to the owner and ask are they willing to sale their property.  

Once we identified our target market, he led us on several walk-throughs of a variety of price points to help familiarize ourselves with available options.

I've been listening to BP podcasts for weeks now, reading the recommended books, watched a webinar, upgraded to Pro and identified a multiplex that we're analyzing.

Just tell him to leave his wallet at home.where and when is the seminar, I may either know someone going, want to attend myself, or i can potentially identify the validity of it.thoughts?

You'll need to identify the revenue & expenses by property.  

We've got until Dec. 29 to identify our 1031 exchange property, but we don't want to rush into the decision, so we've been spending all our weekends looking at places, both on and off the MLS.