There were several incidents where if I had not had inspections backed by ethically driven people, I would have had to come out of pocket for some major items.

@Jassem A. I

I say that just to say it's great to hear someone who wants full lifestyle design and is driven to figure out how to get it.Welcome to BP!

I wouldn't say you won't gain anything from going to school, but if you're as driven as you make yourself out to be, you can pick up all the knowledge in the world without professors lecturing in the front of the classroom.

AVMs are a dead end unless you're going to work AI into it, embedded into a robot that actually walks out to the property as well as to the relevant comps, and calls agents/appraisers asking them why this home was that price, and so on.

Some important things to ask yourself about each property before pre-qualifying for an Investment Property Loan: a) is the DSCR greater than 1.25x for each property? 

That's mostly driven by my hands on nature and desire to establish relationships with my tenants and city officials.   

Now you think in your head "Hmmm, 'lesser' friend A is really working me over, after all I've done for her!

@Roy N.Oui, j'en ai d'ailleurs rencontré un (sur BP) dans un thread récemment :)

as a flipper and broker in WI (marketing my 20th flip) the best deals rarely come from MLS in Hot and heating up markets, cuz every Tom Dick and Harry comes out of the woodwork with no idea where else to look, they say, "hey we should flip a house, like on TV" so the easy ones get driven up in price, and your margins driven down. that being said, I have flipped listed properties, (6 i think) and have made ok margins, but the ones that were fantastic were acquired through other means.