High rates are here for at least the medium-term (1-2 years), so deals will have to pencil in this current environment.You may also want to consider hard money for your lending, as they can often fund your construction with far fewer restrictions than a HomeStyle loan.

I allocate 20%-30% of profits for growth while keeping enough for emergency reserves.Plan for Taxes EarlyDon’t forget to set aside funds for taxes.

My father and I complete the repairs and fund the repairs.

Obviously there are other ways of finding funding and such but I will need to research a bit more on this. 

Financial Highlights•Acquisition Price: $72,000•Renovation Costs: $35,600•Total Investment: $107,600•Funds: raised from personal savings and private lenderHow did you add value to the deal?

Also I'm fully funding the deal with personal CASH.

GC sat on the job waiting for more funds to pay their contractors and tried to strongarm me for more money.

Usually it's because an owner didn't take our security advice or waited to long to approve and/or send funds.

As the Guardian Fund LLC bankruptcy continues, we have been getting several calls regarding properties that owners are just now figuring out are titled in their trusts.

You have to make payments on the borrowed funds, which is then deducted from the money you are making on the investment.