@Min Zhang We understand a most of the basics and the fundamentals of BRRRR.

The strategy here is basically quick flips, wholesaling, or entirely using OPM to finance deals (creative financing, syndicating etc).

@Kerry Baird in Texas all sold information is not disclosed on a property not even price per square   foot is displayed on Zillow/realtor.com I have been running analysis basically on property that are for sale to get an idea 

So anyway one can pay the  20k and get some basic theoretical knowledge but one should be realistic this is a big cash up front business.. your not going to find consultants doing this work on the come.  100% agree.

Sound like the perfect time to learn the ropes — local Birmingham landlord-tenant laws, property management basics, financing options, and rental-ready upgrades.

Do this for your 20s then from your 30's on you can basically spend money on whatever you want since your investments/business will make more than you can realistically spend if you do it right.

Better tenants are easier to manage and require very basic resources.Tenants with under 600 credit scores statistically require higher more resources to properly manage.One of the managers of Nomad responded on another thread that they are a tech-focused service and NOT personal service oriented.- I take that to mean they can handle Class A and most Class B tenants, but not Class B-, C or D tenants.They probably are also NOT a good match for owners expecting personal calls and hand-holding.

So maybe if the post explained what the investors did ( of course many I dont think really know what they acutally did or invested in) and then details on how to protect themselves by doing basic commen sense due diligence and making sure money for mortgage or trust deed investments goes through a title company with corresponding lenders title insurance. that would have prevented what I am seeing your Post Jack probably 80% of the folks from this situation. 

I found it helpful to look at markets across multiple tradeoffs instead of treating any single metric as decisive.As a simple illustration, consider two geographically close Midwest markets — Cincinnati and Columbus — not to declare a winner, but to show how different lenses highlight different strengths.Common heuristics investors tend to reference:Cincinnati: lower median home price, lower typical rent, often meets the 1% rule, moderate historical appreciation.Columbus: higher median home price, higher typical rent, rarely meets the 1% rule, stronger historical appreciation.These signals are useful for understanding entry price and basic cash-flow potential.Signals that surface broader tradeoffs:Cincinnati: higher rent-to-income pressure, more concentrated employment base, slower liquidity (days on market and inventory), lower structural friction.Columbus: more resilient rent-to-income, more diversified employment base, faster liquidity, moderate structural friction.This second view doesn’t predict outcomes or replace deal analysis — it helps explain why similar-looking markets behave differently under stress, growth, or different strategies.All of this is relative, not absolute, and weighting depends entirely on goals (cash flow, appreciation, balance, risk tolerance).

While that error was partially corrected, the following month Homebase cleared out our entire owner balance, leaving us short $570, which we had to chase down and was eventually paid in an off-cycle correction.Perhaps most concerning was the lack of basic property security oversight.