Only for it to get approved and they finally get to do their inspections etc, and show up to the house to find the AC unit and appliances stolen and poof, deal dead..  

I am very meticulous about books, spend a lot of time organizing myself.

It is going to take some time for that market to get back to where it should be after the over development this is common in Multi and commercial development.. at least what I have seen over the years  lag time is  so long to get permitted what is wild is when you see buildings that stop before they are finished.I remember a day in Honolulu there were foundations all over the place and see throughs.Vegas still has some and one huge one on the strip still sitting there 11 years later.in Portlandia we had half a dozen were the big underground parking structures were built started to go vertical and financing was stopped.. those have in the last 3 to 4 years though finally been finished but they sat there mothballed for half a decade. 

Some questions come to mind such as how much of their financial aid is going to pay for their classes and books, and how much is left over for living expenses? 

After looking and looking for over 6 months, finally got my first deal done. 

I finally got the owner's email address and let him know about the issues with the PM, which I thought would end it but it hasn't.

That could be huge depending how the final language reads.

Bigger Pockets first hit my radar about a month ago while reading Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing. 

Also, BP just release a book by Dave on this subject.

I have limited capital, so I have been reading books focused on doing deals with little and no money down.