However if I am able to apply what I have learned so far, learn more as I go through the process and hopefully establish some relationship with a hard money lender, monetary value will be irrelevant.

I’m now applying a lot of what I learned to buy multifamily closer to where I live.

(cough cough NSA) Honestly, you're safer with the random and unpredictable nature of having your traffic pass directly between yourself and your destination, and https:// is already really strong as-is. 

This house is plaster as opposed to drywall used in modern construction.The carpenter would nail the slats to the studs and then apply plaster.    

Go apply and get a 0% credit card for 18 months.

This applies to any area you may be interested in going forward. 

Does not apply to SFR but if you want to use a # in the BP calculator, 7% is relevant. 

I do think as an investor it would be cool to understand to the degree you do the niche you have been focused on, perhaps I could apply it sometime in life.

By the way, it is not in my nature to want to do any of the things I just listed in this post. 

No point in investing in Alaska if you have no interest in nature or the cold, know what I'm saying?