You will also need about 6 months of reserves deposited in a traditional financial institution rather than a crypto account.The next step is to find the target property and calculate the acquisition costs and costs of construction along with the after-repair value. 

I used Roofstock to sell one of my rental properties in TX as their sales commission is lower than going through traditional sales channels. 

What are the challenges of passive investing as opposed to traditional real estate investing? 

We aren't the traditional flippers who run in, throw up a lick of paint, hide the disastrous side of things and essentially trick people into buying a lemon.

We're also starting to scour other forums for possible investments outside the traditional MLS sites, and other areas like upstate NY. 

This would also be where an appraisal would be ordered in a traditional sale, but if using a hard money Lender, they have probably already evaluated the value before offering you terms.5.

Dan, Investment HELOCS are extremely hard to achieve considering they are not DSCR underwrites. they are more traditional conventional qualifications.

Right now, it is incredibly tough to make even a few hundred a month with traditional strategies.

Looking for advice and suggestions for a Roth IRA Custodian I'm looking to roll over a traditional IRA to a Self-directed Roth by the end of the year, and use that for my investing.

There are still a few that will give you a loan but the traditional 90% of purchase price and 100% of rehab might not be possible without an exception.