I couldn't give you a simple answer that would help you- you've gotta build your own recipe.Overall: Efficient but effective marketing.

We bought that loan and got our AOM to the FC attorney in 2 weeks.If you are a small investor and have a competent attorney, you can drastically reduce the timeline to FC because you're minimizing the effects of 2 of the 3 factors. 

Hiring a professional is a waste of your money.

Paying down a rental is a waste of good money.

Don't waste your time trying without money.

It effectively turns thinkers into doers. 

The house under contract now is technically move-in ready, so we could either use the regular FHA loan or add a little value to it by doing a few cosmetic updates with the streamline 203K, but I am worried about wasting the 203K option on that house instead of waiting to see if we can get the second one that we'd rather have.  

 You need to:  A) Know thyself  B) Develop an understanding of what REIT's are and factors that effect their pricing  C) Develop an understanding of where you're going to invest if you buy physical propertyFor this comment Ill be talking about publicly traded REIT's as they're available to everyone through a brokerage account.

There are too many bad investors who waste the time of a Realtor by asking him or her to submit low-ball offers in the hopes that the "Spray & Pray" method of buying will work.

The kitchens all need help as well, the landlord has quite literally done nothing to renovate or remodel the property even with tenant requests as mentioned above -- effectively a slumlord.