You'll do well flipping in St Pete as there are many pockets that could use your gifts.

Some other routes to explore are seller financing or using a loan that allows for part of your downpayment to come from "gifted funds".

Your favorite gurus may make it seem that way but it is hardly that.

As for allowing kids to do their own things vs steering them into REI, it depends on your kid's traits, personality, habits, intelligence among many other (genetic) gifts or lack of. 

Usually is only 3% of purchase price which can be gifted or claimed as sellers contribution.

The only hand tool I would add to the above lists is a multi-tool, also called a jamb saw.The dump trailer is hands down my favorite. 

In fact one of my favorite advertisings dealt with just that.

It is the gift that keeps on giving. 

They just want 1 and a half times their money back. lolOne of my favorites this past week is from "one of your buddies" FB group on "creative financing" where someone with no money wanting proof of funds and to forge it to keep property under agreement while they try and find a hard money lender and people basically telling them how to forge a proof of funds letter. 

🏢✨______________🏁 I'll start:One of my favorites-- fake comps!