This isn't necessarily simply a case of "you get what you pay for" - its more a matter of "you keep on paying so much more".

Have you determined your strategy - what do you want to invest in and where?

Determining the many ways to take advantage and properly expense everything can make your head spin.I bought a house with the intention of flipping in September 2017. 

@James Wise  Per your request.Coming out of the late 1800s most of the major west coast cities that we know and love like LA  SF  PDX SEATAC were all subdivided by the same engineering firms  at least SF and Portlandia were.. this led to land speculators in the day going out into the Western deserts and other remote areas.. buying what were large land holdings , Spanish land grants and other lands that were not govmit owned.. then in the day you could simply create massive subdivisions buy doing basic surveys off of the base and meridian lines.. which all of the west is surveyed off of... this is called section land.then create these massive tracks of lots.. some were like up in the apple valley, Lancaster,  Barstow type areas mainly 5 acre tracts.. and were done on a grid pattern.. streets in ( mapped but not built)  and of course spiraled out of a small little town off the railroad track or the few roads that existed in those days.. you took your map and recorded it at the county, county was happy they just got 5 thousand lots they could send out tax bills on..

Here are a couple to start with: I simply got these off the web so I have no idea how reputable they are but try them and see Bankers Title Corporation Parque Centro 1500 San Juan, PR 00918 787 * 753 * 0339 Efrain Tirado Appraisal Group P S C 1431 Avenue Ponce De Leon 801 San Juan, PR 00907 Estudios De Titulo Ana Echevarria Investigacion 102 Torres San Crst 204 Ponce, PR 00780 Finca Galateo Limited Partnership 207 Calle Tetuan San Juan, PR 00901 Garcia Andres Rivera 555 Prira Leal Street Apartment 201 San Juan, PR 00923 787   531-1179 Ocean Park L P 207 Calle Tetuan San Juan, PR 00901 San Juan Abstract Seguro Titulos 259 Calle Chile San Juan, PR 00917 William Negron Quinones 402 Calle 2 San Juan, PR 00923

I simply added the zip code.

Both were month to month, so I simply gave them 60 days notice after I closed (seller wouldn’t do it prior for some reason) and I had to wait until they moved out for me to move in.

A SOW is simply a list of work to be done, being as specific as possible.

Simply collect it on your rentals and pay them monthly. 

I dont have a lot of experience in this area, so I do need an agent who is willing to help me learn the area, determine what farm areas we want to work at and eventually become part of the team.If you have any information you think might be usefull, dont hesitate to let me know.