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I was thinking that the traditional agent side would create that foundational knowledge that I need to know to be able to invest later.

In that case, you got a steal and also created solid value with the rehab.Additionally, it's always good to be allocating for vacancy, but a lot of the times it seems most small time investors can keep occupancy at 0% if they manage well and are in a decent market.

I do remote REI, I do BRRR and all my houses are on mortgages which allowed my to pull out all my cash and additional created equity.

Investing in real estate is primarily a method to grow wealth not create wealth.

If I had a way to send a mass text to all my roofers individually asking for quotes, reminding them, etc.

In fact, I sold my own home this past December and the day before I listed it, Zillow and Trulia (both owned by the same company) disagreed on the value of my home by $60,000.Worse yet, I've seen Zillow actually create listings that never even existed.  

The loan was guaranteed by 3 individuals (moral: just because the borrowers(s) personally guarantee the loan does not necessarily mean your chances of getting a full recovery improve).4 more to go.  

I first listened to podcast after podcast, and now finally created an account to join the community.

Unless you create one site/branding per property, that sells with the property,  which increases the required effort, but then not all buyers are interested in STR.