That's horrible.I was amazed how trendy (and relatively expensive) Fountain Square is and established Broad Ripple areas are. 

Being an agent gives you access to a broad array of people, that can actually feed into your real estate investing.

This is an advantage of using a broker with a broad range of products.But, you should be able to shop rates well before ever needing an appraisal, that comes after the application and you can also request with most lenders that they give a loan committment subject to appraisal meaning they will do the deal before ordering an appraisal, may not be avaialable with on-line type lenders. :)

Yes I'm fishing for the broad scope so I can mix it all up and revise my own routine.

You have asked such a broad based, open ended question.

I'm aware that is a broad question, but if you could give 1 to 3 tips to someone just starting out what would they be.

Naturally, I want to BRRR my way into some real working capital but that is such a broad thing to say that it's practically meaningless...

Real Estate is very broad.

So, in this BRRR  hold scenario, you can at least have peace of mind that you have a quality long term rental to hold and since you just did a great modern rehab on it, you should be able to command the high end of the rental price spectrum.  

Hi BP Community - I'm looking to begin investing outside my local area, and I'm trying to cast a broad net around the country, then hone in on specific states/cities/neighborhoods.