@Isadore Nelson yes, I know someone that recently paid $500k to get a longtime rent controlled tenant out of a Carroll Gardens Brownstone.

@Maria Jeanette Using a self-directed IRA (SDIRA) for real estate investment offers control over asset selection and tax advantages, such as tax-deferred growth (Traditional IRA) or tax-free growth (Roth IRA).

You might spend between $5,000 and $20,000 on furnishing the unit, depending on your choices.

Research competition  and determine their profitability and how much they spend on marketing, how many employees they need, and how much time the wholesaler needs to devote to the business.  

I can pretty much guarantee that you will loose WAY more money trying to get out of the lease then you will spending the extra hundred dollars or so to paint an additional room or two.

I’m willing to spend some money to “INSURE” I’m not left out.   

Practically speaking, it’s going to be quite challenging unless you spend significant time.

For me, real estate was a means to an end...so that I could spend all my professional time doing what I love: helping people and renovating properties.  

Americans are spending there $ toward quality of experience more than ever. 

how much do you have available to spend on renovations?