Quote from @Henry Clark: I old look at buying your lumber early.  

Jerome has 2 programs, Buy Build Flip for $7,500 and Build Wealth Mastermind for $20K. 

I'm trying to pinpoint my financial strategy in attaining these projects and HMLs are always suggested to me.My goal this year is to buy my first investment.

But yes, I would find the houses, submit, get an offer from them with a signed PASA, take the loan through them, and after reno was complete, they would buy the house.   

I spent months, no, years, reading books, buying No Money Down cassettes, (Carleton Sheets, anyone?)

Like someone else said better to buy land that is already suited for use. 

The best combination in my opinion to have your real estate agent income in an S corp to reduce personal income tax (as long as it financially makes sense) and then buy real estate and cos segregate it and take bonus depreciation to offset against your income. 

Based on income alone, I could buy a 30k lot in sky harbor and build a 2 bedroom 1,400 sq ft cabin that generates 50k to 60k in rental income all day long (if not closer to 55k to 65k).   

If you could buy it, what would you do with it as an investment?   

Since then, we've analyzed at least 75 deals across multiple markets, developed our buy box, and choose a strategy that aligns with our goals.