As a beginner I think I’ve inundated myself with so many routes to begin researching wholesaling, tax deeds, FSBOs, and other deals to try and find the best deal, and I’m still where I started.

Since I am pretty active on the forums trying to help people, my email is now inundated with these alerts.  

If it's just paint, carpet, and some sprucing up it should be on the market in under a month.  

Should I look to get into a deal sooner and go with a SFH or should I wait and look for a good MFH deal- taking into consideration the developing financial environment. 3) I planned on using my VA Loan towards a quadplex and I think I could justify this in Tampa as that is where I will be moving in under a year and I would likely rent 3 while holding the other as legitimately my home with internet and utilities set up for when I am in the states on business.

I believe I could achieve rehabbing a property in under 6 months, but if something happens to where I can't, I would hate to be stuck in a hard money loan.Another way I would like to finance a property would be a conventional loan that covers rehab as well.

Have 6 months living expenses saved up so when you get licensed you have time to close a few sales to get going.New agents often think all this business will just fall in their laps and they will have a closing in under 2 months.

There are lots of formulas investors use to determine their MAO(maximum allowable offer), but most commonly they will want to be all in under 75% ARV.

If I see that just about everything has leased out in under 30 days, and my house is is very nice condition, and my rent will be set at a competitive rate, I know I won't have much issue renting it out.CapEx/Maint: If you're buying a house and completely rehabbing it, you know you can use lower estimates.

Typical construction loans and HML are 12-18 months, interest only.That being said, the costs and fees of getting this financing and then refinancing in under a year are likely going to be almost as much as the $10k needed to complete construction anyways.  

So far everyone is moving very slow, we need to get this deal closed in under 3 months.