Or, as Travis mentioned, sell your primary residence and explore house hacking opportunities, which will allow you to snowball income savings to deploy into the next deal. 

All major flippers in town have heavily compressed ARV to accommodate for the potential of the downward slide to continue.

You will need to scale up versus doing houses to hit your numbers.   

Here’s the context:The house appears vacant, with a large tree that has fallen on the property.From what I can see, the house seems full of furniture and might even be a hoarder home.I’ve skip-traced the property and found that the owner has unfortunately passed away.The house seems to be mortgage-free, and I’ve identified three phone numbers associated with the son, who I believe is the heir.I’d like to reach out to the son to express my interest in purchasing the property, but I want to ensure I do so respectfully while also gathering the right information.Here are my questions:What’s the best way to approach the heir while showing my condolences for their loss?

We’re looking to renew lease until June 2026 would like to move in new house.

The current status of the market is low end rentals land lords that let the houses look like crap. 

I continue to get stuck at this step Thank you for asking the question!

Leverage your construction skills for flips, start with smaller projects to minimize risk, and consider house hacking or long-term rentals for a steady income.

Is it a room in your house? 

You can still buy houses in small farm towns in MN for $25k.