After all repairs and occupying I anticipate the property being valued somewhere around $450-$500K. 

To your points, Bigger Pockets is an excellent resource because of the aggregate of information that is available as well as the open interaction that can be pursued in regard to specific questions.

Ultimately, I was able to get a refund.On the subject of gurus...I am willing to pay for education or to learn from other in the industry, e.g. through a local real estate investment association, but so far, the impression I have from those selling real estate training as "gurus" is that unless their training has transparency, such as a forum for reviewing the quality of the training, it is "buyer beware".Any "training" without live interaction probably shouldn't sell for much more than a well written book.

It is a very informal meet up with no set agenda or speaker, but focuses more on networking and individual interactions.   

Thanks Kyle...that's what I was anticipating. 

., charging stations, interactive video-boards, and social areas).” – PwC 2019 Emerging Trends“The sharing economy (…) has increased access to information, and growing sophistication of the customer has made it harder to provide one-size-fits-all hotel concepts.” – MIT Center for Real Estate: Real TrendsCo-Working is Expected to Lead the Office Market“The strength of the co-working market is not to be underestimated.” – PwC 2019 Emerging TrendsOffices are starting to reduce their footprint as, “A substantial amount of space in conventional office layouts is not used at any point in time: Meeting spaces are not always booked; workers take vacations and fall sick; 9-to-5 workspaces remain unoccupied after hours; and employees with assigned desks spend time off-site talking to clients or performing services.”- MIT Center for Real Estate: Real Trends“Compared to 6 months ago, the forecast for office vacancy rates is unchanged for both ‘18 and ‘19, but less optimistic for ’20.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Interacting face to face will help tremendously with forming those critical relationships to aid your progress.

@Don Spafford Veristone is one of the company’s that I’ve looked into, glad to hear you had a good interaction.

Closing January 2019  anticipated closing for $190,000