Automate it fully.As far as marketing, make sure you have an intake form on your site, build your credibility, work on your back end systems and processes and make sure you're ready to scale.

Biggest things that helped me scale is systems, assistants, touch plan and focusing on a few lead sources.

Is it because it is easier to scale?

Google Adwords - Expensive but you can start small and scale up.

I see it as a matter of scale.

Do you just look at overall credit (like score, grade, etc) or do you look at and make decision on the details?

Oh, as far as financing this will be an all cash deal on the purchase with the repair monies coming from a Private Lender for percentage of the profits on a graduated scale based on the ultimate sales price. 

We hope to practice a conservative scale pace since we are still working full time and raising a toddler, having our first property under contract by December 31, 2020.

The best medicine come from the mistakes we make in life and the only time you’ll ever fail is if you give up too soon, so dust yourself off and go get a dealI lost $15,000.00 to a real estate guru program when I first got in and thank god I was able to get my money back and join a group of investors that help scale my business good luck @Alexia Ned-Sowell

Are you referring to the commercial-grade one foot squares from Armstrong that you trowel on glue to put down (not self-stick)?