You can save a lot on costs if you do many repairs yourself.Look into hard money lenders or private lenders for the initial purchase and rehab.Connect with wholesalers, agents specializing in investment properties, and other BRRRR investors to find deals and learn more.

I plan to be here often but have been listening to the bigger pockets podcast for the last year now, and have consistently been saving to make my first investment this year.

so if you don't have a lot of money, then you'll have to save some up.hope this helps

It would/could be only 15% capital gains tax and yes you could/would deduct all selling costs including commissions and transfer taxes.

Numerous times I have been able to think through an issues that arose on a construction site and saved the Owner by proposing an alternate route to resolve it. 

I’d fix it up and list it to sell after I’d been there two years to take the gain tax free.

Without an ITIN/SSN, I'd be worried about running into KYC/AML violations, fed tax liens, the borrower being deported, lien enforcement, etc.

I'm in good standing with a 810 credit score, no debt, and about $100k in savings.

It is DSCR based and no personal tax returns are required to qualify.

If your not ready to spend money on a software you can use tax records.