I think that it may be a stretch if you want to set yourself up for success.

I got this house for $35,000- The school district stretches for MILES.........

As a company, we have an outstanding track record stretching back over 17 years of being able to accurately hit our projected rental ranges including over the length of ownership.  

However, it seems that general contractors want to stretch it out over more than a month (since they are busy with the CA building boom and would probably just fit my job in between other bigger ones).

My ideal situation would be finding a house with a finished basement I could live in while renting the top out but even then it’s a stretch which is why I figured one of the prior options was better to start with due to the projected increase in home value.

That can easily stretch it into a month so I'm watching my high-risk tenants a little more closely during the holidays. 

Some people stretch above 75%, however I would not recommend it on your first flip.

Union City is *not,* by any stretch of the imagination, a city that is friendly to investors/landlords--in fact, every year that I've been investing there (since 2014), the city has passed more and more tenant-friendly laws, and further restricted new development. 

By no stretch will I force a deal and over leverage myself when it’s not a good deal .

For me to start out in Saskatoon would be stretching my funding to thin.