Many developers leave the tubs without even a hanging rod which looks incomplete.

Even wall st guys miss  these things  right . 

Even if the property is short, a contract with a buyer, even subject to short sale approval, should work. 

The condo is a pretty decent condo, even though there could be a few upgrades here and there.

When we miss, even a little, we don't mind being held accountable, fairly.  

You can read a book and multiple books, but unless you are out there doing it (I.e. getting bids and getting contractors to truly get you an exact estimate) you will be far off from the numbers you want and may even lose money on the flip/rehab.The best advice I would suggest in my experience is that you should get into the line of work by either partnering with someone or working with someone on some projects prior to going into a flip on your own.

I’ve done my calculations and have seen that I will be breaking even with this investment day one.

Our online court records in CT are now automatically dropping tenants' evictions fro the record after 3 yrs, or even less. 

i agree that a new purchase at 75% equity will typically not have significant cash flow and may even be negative when properly allocating for all expenses.Investing to max equity without reserves is risky and you indicate would result in stress.  

Facebook is the last place you want to find private money. whats unfortunate is real estate professionals are still advertising to us newbies Facebook is the place to find the lender.What’s even more unfortunate, @April Smalls, is that newbies are falling for it.A few years ago, someone created a fake website that impersonated our company.