TRPA and other agencies that we needed to get approval of for most stages of the rehab caused delays in finishing.

That's good not bad.Anyone who tells you to intentionally acquire inferior properties that lose money just so you can save a few cents on the dollar in taxes on that money lost is an utter dolt. 

That way the place is vacant, cleaned up + staged before it's photographed and listed.Best of luck.

A logical extension of that to me would be to start provide staging services.

Being vacant is actually a good thing as you can now stage to take these pictuures.

Hello,I'm in the early stages of looking into a mortgage broker license in GA. 

We have 15-20 people there on average and we are at every stage of the REI journey.

Sell prior to completion, at rough out stage. 

During the accumulation / expansion stage, I utilized all the reasonable long term, low fixed rate mortgages I could. 

I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast for a few months now, reading books on real estate but have stopped and want to get into it before I get stuck in the analysis paralysis stage.