He also outlines later on in the book how to account for big ticket capital expenses from a monthly budgeting perspective. 

And how can you know what is best.Now of the 5 things when looking at a deal I train people that there is slim chance you are going to get all 5... ( that’s like me wanting to slam dunk a basketball... not going to happen as much as I want to)If your goal is future net worth and Cashflow... why would you care what it’s doing today if you don’t need the money today and you are planting seeds for the tree of 20 -30 years from now.

I've seen so many folks crash and burn when they outrun their supply trains of investment and decide to throw in the primary to continue their pace of investing.   

I just finished rehabbing a house that I THOUGHT would be a train wreck , but after we removed 100 cubic yards of garbage we found out that the house was basically sound (see "diary of foreclosing on a note".Plan for disaster, hope to be wrong.

I am a train on the tracks and I am heading to my destination.

But, while I've been doing all of this, I also got some great training and I've been at least driving for dollars looking for prospects. 

If you know of a brokerage that fits my needs (one annual fee for MLS access, no monthly fees, some training/ mentoring, at least 50/50 commission split, part-time opportunity) please reach out.

I got some not-too-pricey training from someone I’ve known a while and I trust.

Currently, I am training my 16 year old son and his best friend to be the handymen. 

There is a vast wealth of free information and training available to you on BiggerPockets, so definitely take advantage of it.