Depending on the exact scope of your intended business plans speaking to an attorney or CPA might also be recommended. 

How did you find your VAs, any recommendations? 

That could be as high as $14K to $15K not to mention Title fee's, origination fee's and days of interest another $7K to $8K.If you choose a lender or broker and they hit you with lender/broker fee's/points that’s another added cost.My best advice as a Banker is reach out now get a Pre-approval letter up front and give the Bank an idea of what neighborhood or a "mock" address and you can get an actual quote up front to avoid surprises.

Go to work on a Construction site as the guy who cleans up at the end of the day and sweeps the floorsJust learn everything you can about everything related to RE.

I would recommend negotiating prior to going into contract.

I think the #1 most ridiculous poster is the person living in a desirable, high-appreciation location who has plenty of capital to deploy who asks which crappy undesirable market thousands of miles from where they live is the best place to buy their first investment property.

https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/real-estate

I find the majority of them to have low repair costs and high ARV.

this is not a serious forum/site anymore.  

I have been researching Citrona online along with some of the other companies that have somewhat recently taken interest in our area due to the low cost of purchasing homes in (key word) certain areas.