I gained confidence and could really believe in the process.

I appreciate your responses, I am just trying to get better and more confident in this part and any advice is welcome.

A reinspection report  should say Where the cracks are.If the appraisal inspection doesn’t disqualify the property, I’d just proceed....assuming you are confident there are no actual foundation issues.

The pros make it look easy and newbies are over confident.

They have been absolutely amazing every step of the way and gave me the confidence to know I would have financing when I found the right deal.

@Alexander Felice Thank you for the words of confidence.

Or if they are able to demonstrate their work ethic, will to learn, upfront honesty, while also maintaining the confidence to get what they need to get done, do you ever consider working with these 'newbies'?

We haven’t talked about specifics yet at all, but they seem confident we can convert the 2 apartments to 4 but I’ll ask him about what you said.

On a 5-10 year holding period, I’m confident the extra $900/year (60% post-tax of 1% on your example) will be paid back in the form of rent increases and/or property value increases.

You can meet with local investors and see who is doing what in your market and maybe gain some knowledge and confidence to start on your path to success.