This seems to be pretty standard for the area.The bad:  The home inspection found evidence of knob & tube wiring, and there is basically 1 outlet per room with tenants running power strips and extension cords all over the place. 

Before guests could see it like a real estate agent fee etc, from now on as a LL you will be the bad guy for cost increases. 

If it’s literally overflowing out of the clothes washer it’s a bad sense.

Have a no tolerance and fine policy saying 1 or 2 is fine was a bad start.

The guy running the class said it would be a conflict of interest.

Depending on your other income, short-term vs. long-term strategies can have very different tax implications, and many people get into real estate investing precisely because of how it interacts with their overall financial picture.Since you guys are planning flips now and rentals later, the tax setup matters more than most people realize.For flips, the IRS treats everything as active income, not capital gains, so once you’re doing more than a deal or two a year, you’ll want an S Corp (or LLC taxed as one) to avoid paying more self-employment tax than you need to.

Also, consider: is it possible a mentor might actually be a bad thing for you at this stage?

This reads like really bad gossip..

Books have the same problem, but it's not as bad. 

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of investors talk about the challenge of finding quality motivated seller opportunities.From what I’ve seen across different markets, the most consistent results tend to come from public record data—pre-foreclosures, probates, liens, evictions, and code violations.Accuracy seems to matter more than just volume, because bad data leads to bad campaigns and wasted budget.Curious what others here are doing:• Are you sourcing leads from public records directly?