I had a bad case of the shiny object syndrome.

Let me explain that better.

The woman asked a question about cash buyers and motivated leads.How about you stick to that and if you don't know how to get motivated sellers just watch and learn the pro's explain it?

@Linda S.Very well explained.

I wrote a post last week on rental expenses to further explain things. 

If he fully explained to you the risks of offering as-is without inspections, and you are a competent individual who understands that risk, then I don't think he necessarily did anything wrong.  

That will give you a very focused background without all of the shiny objects of the forums :)

I am just wondering if i am missing anything that i should know or what other investors do to look at different areas, thank you for any help.Any books or articles that can explain this in more detail for me would help as well.

Again, I do recommend working with a qualified tax advisor that can explain this in more detail, but what I mentioned is an oversimplification.

The objective is to use OPM for the mortgage.