I find that with both tenants and PMs, they either train you or you train them.

... and, what would be the effort to train your tenants to use it?

I know I'm not gonna get all the info from BP and the best training is "HANDS ON"  working with a big developer as Jay mentioned. 

Plus you can later train someone to do it for you.The good thing here Roc is that you learned something in the process.

We took our time and bought one that didn't need a ton of ongoing work: it's brick, on a slab (no basement), and is only about 30 years old, vs the 80yo duplexes on the same street.

There is a trial basis in which you are fully trained on how to evaluate and acquire investment properties.

But, it is also possible he knows a wee bit more about the proper use of an entity structure than a real estate agent who has self filed his LLCs and a tax preparer trained by H&R Block.Nah, the more I think about it, yeah, you're probably right, I'm the one getting ripped off.

Currently, I am 18 years old, motivated, technological (which I believe is the best way to reach customers), time-worthy and planning on going to college in January for entrepreneurship.

How long have tenants been there as compared to turnover for stability of servicing the mortgage and find out the breakeven occupancy level for your purchase price and mortgage rate and terms.Now you said you factored 60% off because landlord pays water trash but the numbers are off.If 50% you would go X .50If 60% costs you would go X .40 ( 60% costs ) = 26,352 X .40 =10,540.80 NOILet's say 10,540 annual NOITake 10,540 / 145,000 = a 7 capSo it looks like you went the other way doing your calcs.26,352 X .60 = 15,811.20 which is your annual cost and NOT the NOI.On these properties you need to see how the other landlords treat their buildings which will impact ongoing cash flow and quality of tenants for you and resale value.

A trained, and competent Agent/Wholesaler brings far more to the equation than an "ordinary Agent".