If you don’t, I’d take time to partner with someone even if your cut is only 5% or 10% I’d do whatever it took as there’s nothing better than literally putting your money where your mouth is. 

-Be an investor yourself- put your money where your mouth is so that you can speak with authority and experience to your clients. 

If you expect to call a contractor every time a faucet leaks or you need vinyl flooring, that price point likely is going to leave a bad taste in your mouth. 

Account for cost overruns in your mouth as well.

I see Section 8 as being a great way to help with guaranteeing a portion of the annual rental contracts.The city of Detroit allows a max. of 1.5x the monthly rent to be required as a security deposit (to help pay for any damages that may incur).Also, I would required myself to set aside ~$1,000 annually (over 1x monthly rent) to help with any vacancies that may occur between tenants (see Annual Operating Expenses above).Upside:If the cash on cash wasn't enough to make your mouth water, then I offer an additional option of financing the property (post-rehab) in order to provide the liquidity required to repeat this process hopefully every 1-2 years !

Thanks for putting money where your mouth is.

Sorry, but your post just rubbed me the wrong way, I know it's out of ignorance but it was the delivery that struck a cord, why don't you do a little research on members here before you stick your foot in your mouth pointing your crooked finger. 

Plus it didn't mix well with the other ingredients when it came to leaving a good bitter sweet taste in your mouth.

Do some more research then when your comfortable try your hand at it again.What happened with your SFH and duplex that left a bad taste in your mouth?

(hard money/nonrefundable deposit puts your money where your mouth is here)Results:I let listing agent double-end last FNMA foreclosure, and got him to accept my conventional financing offer, even though he stated they were accepting cash-only offers the first thing when I first spoke with him.