However if you are just paying interest, it may be simplest to just set up a loan.

iFunding has the simplest business model IMO and is working under 506(c).Fundrise seems to have the biggest network thus far, but their documents are pretty complicated and their business model is hard to understand.

@DJ Porter in simplest terms, private lenders (PML) are your friends, family, and personal acquaintances who will loan to you at 12% or lower.

Net Operating Income ( the key "ingredient" to determining cap rate) is the gross income minus the operating expense.

My simplest option is to just redo the sheeting, obviously.

I have done all of the ask a real estate agent find a mentor all of that but am still lacking the key ingredient for investing.

best and simplest ways is to search county/city property appraiser or tax records. 

Have you asked them to show you the rope, or shall I say the secret ingredients to be successful in investing in real estate?

Small guys that are more efficient and do not have a lot of overhead will be more profitable that somebody that is doing 150 flips per year.I think his goal is missing the most important ingredient: ''what would be an average profit per deal after overhead is paid?''

As I stated before, wholesaling is the simplest form of real estate investing.