If you have no money you can try to earn equity in a deal with your time (finding deals, managing the property, etc), or skill (learn a trade, get your GC license, etc) I read that book in Sept and wished I had read it sooner! 

But, to normalize, the 10-year will eventually trade at a 100-150 bps spread to the FFR.

We don’t want to find ourselves as a Jack of all trades and a master of none.

There are some teeth to HICPA since it works in tandem with the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law ("UTPCPL").

However, smaller projects or certain trades might not require a license.

maybe you and your husband can trade off making trips there to build a network in person? 

You don't have a recourse because you took the liability on yourself knowing that is not his trade.  10 days later you have a water leak in the SAME bathroom causing the ceiling downstair to leak AGAIN.  

But I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the world.

In place of a flat fee I can see the transition being something based on referral (did my buyer agent get me a trades person, lender, home inspector, etc.

There's always trade offs when it comes to investing and one of those tradeoffs (if you want to find positive cash flow) is having to be okay with an older house.