Minimum loan amounts vary, but the product we work with most often starts at $500,000.

When I was getting started, I watched a ton of real estate podcasts on YouTube there's a wealth of knowledge to be gained from YouTube University!

The ratio of each starts higher with interest expense in the first month and then higher with principal in the last month. 

When realtors who also want to be creative financing gurus start giving awful advice.

They didn't give a specific back bill range but they estimated that the back billing goes back to 2021 based on when the water meter started having issues. 

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

Starting off you will not do a zero sum investment plus get other people to invest.  

Instead, relying on recent comparable sales (comps) from MLS, local realtors, or an appraiser will give a far more accurate picture of a property’s post-rehab value.Any Advice you wish you knew when you started? 

I always recommend speaking with a lender or two before you start deal hunting.

i found in my build projects that started just before and continued through the pandemic prices rose. everything but lumber became sticky IE they rose but did not fall..