In retrospect, do you wish that you had chosen a simpler project for your first flip (i.e., not a defunct animal shelter)?

However, what I've chosen to do is ask an investor to pay the down payment and through my LLC compensate him back with interest and take the steps provided to me by my financial officer.

If I spent a hundreds or thousands of dollars and I got any kind of a marketing campaign, unless it was extremely well chosen to help me and not the seller, it would be reflected in my reviews to that place

And you’re 100% correct putting it that way.I’ve chosen to get a pre-approval from a private lender and going to rehab the property instead of wholesaling it.

You have chosen not to go, and its an exercise for yourself justifying your actions; its not.Which I said in my last posts. 

I will take everything into consideration and I will post a follow up if you would like, once I have chosen tenants. 

Be sure to analyze how much student debt you will have at graduation versus your yield curve expected over your chosen career for earnings and inflation.There is a lot of info on this site.

I've chosen it as my type of investment to learn, especially since im looking for a place to live anyway. 

They often miss the idea that by doing so they have chosen to get sub-par returns on their investment.   

Once there is a final commitment order the appraisal and environmental but keep the next one or two best lenders in the loop in case your first choice cannot close and make sure they accept appraisals from appraiser that is chosen.