I am looking for the easiest and most efficient way !

I echo everyone here on getting better at screening but we all improve with time and experience, especially when it involves spending money to repair things after tenants leave. 

I feel like I'm missing some information that would help me more accurately gauge a property and I am not sure how to obtain that without the help of a real estate agent.I am open to and appreciative of any feedbacks on how to improve my journey towards financial independence via real estate investment.

I moved out here and my wife stayed in Tulsa to finish doing the improvements we were in the middle of and to sell that place.

That guy seems like he has got a lot of energy by looking at the website for podcast and such. just by looking at it for minute, he is going way deeper in the weeds with it than I ever want to go.. plus I am not at all interested in assisting peoples living.

Also consider when you renovate your initial returns in early years are lower bc of up front reno then improve after two to three years depending on what you inject as capital improvements.

There are definitely opportunities to improve your chances of purchasing a property as an agent but you have to remember in California it will cost approximately $5,000 a year to maintain your license.How long have you been a pharmacist? 

I'd like to maximize the number of apartments on this lot in the most cost-efficient way.

Based on your replies it seems like I will get the most efficient return on my townhouse equity and my personal time is by selling and diversifying the money into Syndications.

Need to be an accreditate investor with city and you need to agree to improve the property within one year.