Granted, I know there is a  huge learning curve, but, by large, I wonder why more people aren't RE investing for a living.

And here in Oregon sup's can also over turn a tax sale friend of mine did that last yearthis one even gets better.. the tax sale of course wiped out the mortgage.. then my buddy helped these people appeal to the sups who granted it and deeded the house back to them..

The OP stated that she has now completed the paperwork to receive future payments (granted, after 4 tries.) 

Good day all,I have been educating myself to exhaustion lately about Real Estate, mainly reading, listening and watching Grant Cardone.

They had the best price by about 30% for 3/4 of my house (I had the front stuccoed), and they were quick and did really good work. 5ish years later, their work is still good, I haven’t had any issues with peeling siding or missing soffet/fascia etc. granted, it has been some time since they did work for me, and the fact that they moved makes me wonder if they’re under new management, but they would still be my first phone call if I needed siding again for another project.

Otherwise, I would pick "Sell or Be Sold" by Grant Cardone.2.

I have a commercial lender in Tennessee and they always check my credit prior to granting a commercial loan.3. 

Granted it depends upon the way the property was constructed, but I'd wager they never did it with the intention of it being split out.

I typically use 8.3% which is about a month of turnover per year. 2% is roughly a week. seems unlikely that an out of state investor, even with property mgmt, will have a house completely turned over and rented out within a week of prior tenant departure. granted this is just an estimate and actuals will be what they will be, but I generally tend to be more pessimistic when it comes to my estimates. to me its better to have upside potential then to underestimate.    

My plan for awhile has been to buy cash flowing 2-4 units one at a time with my HELOC, turn around and do delayed financing, finance 100% of the purchase price, and do it again, and again, and again till I run out of conventional mortgages.Then I listened to the second Grant Cardone podcast, podcast 250.