Before we closed on this as-is deal, we strategized to get the necessary work to make it "rental ready" and not go over the top with anything in terms of spending, partially due to an upcoming wedding and a few pending repairs needed at other properties. 

You may be surprised to find they are very negotiable as long as they can raise enough money for their daughter's wedding or a nice cruise or a down-payment for their move.

I put on a listing on WED morning and we've had 58 showings scheduled and 40 groups through our first Open House today.

Since graduating, I got married, paid off the wedding, my student loans, saved up an emergency fund, and was very close to having a nice down payment for my first house.The issue...A few years ago I had a medical issue that basically wiped out my savings besides retirement accounts.

We do four Zooms a week for REI (MON-Boston, TUE-Montclair, NJ, THU-Philly, FRI-West Orange, NJ) and one on Clubhouse on WED.

We also have the goal of buying our first property right before our wedding; so two purchases within a 8-10 month period.Our question is this... do we purchase our first investment property in one of our names, and then the other purchase our home 6 months later? 

We're struggling with financing our first fix & flip as we have very little cash (we're paying for a wedding) and our credit isn't great.

@Bryce Platt We were already planning on attending the meet-up this Weds, it seemed like a good place to start.

I had my offer signed on Wed, and got financing approved on Friday, 9 days later, and that with me being highly proactive, proving all docs, etc.

I would say the one drawback is that if you have to onboard a portfolio that used a very detailed quick books based financial budget that the owner is wed to you need to do some work to get it to match.