You can't apply techniques of business without a basic understanding of business.

And I agree with everything you said Matthew, get insurance, know your business, use good management techniques and skills, also, know your area to understand your exposures, an attorney should know, so ask one.I've often said that you take on a greater risk driving your car than owning and renting a decent single family home, now, multi family is different due to the concentration of tenants.Don't be afraid to own property, it rarely bites compared to other risks we take daily without a second thought. 

Keep up the good work...go home  and relax and celebrate the great strides you are making.

The reading material and CDs alone are worth the price of admission.I did not, however, care for the presenter's upsell techniques.

Before driving around my local neighborhoods and practicing valuation techniques on local properties, I want to practice such techniques on my own VA-guarantee financed home that I bought last year; I'm going to pretend that I'm about to put the property up for rent and make a cash flow prediction.For my question, would it be wise for me to get my personal property appraised?

You can get away with a lot in a bathroom - its a great place to master your technique!

And what is the best creative financing technique to use?

Credit Unions are 10x better than the banks for more relaxed loan underwriting standards, from personal to mortgages in my experienes.

If you guys have good acquisition techniques would love to hear them as well. 

This was a technique I learned back in 2007 called Driving For Dollars where I drove around calling FSBO's.