That's not how it works.We have to examine if this is a betterment, adaption, or restoration to determine capitalization vs expensing (repairs or maintenance). 

The one key point in this market is that you cannot run the same play over and over, you have to be able to adapt to each opportunity.

Its outdated as if only the rich can afford and no firms have adapted. 

If the pipes do not already have an adapter to just screw in the hose, go to homedepot and buy a "Shark Bite" connector for the right size pipe.

Agents are going to face the same kind of adaption to the internet and the need for their services. 

Adapt or die. 

You could adapt it for your situation.

The important element is do you know how to adapt to either scenario? 

Perhaps the most important place to start is to adapt the right mind set that flipping and wholesaling properties is an investment tool that is equally for professionals and billionaires for the long term, as it is for those just trying to catch up.

I don’t know where to start or how to start that’s why I directly turned to enrollment at my local community college for a degree in real estate for summer term to learn the basics of Real Estate and maybe learn something I can adapt to the into the real world but I also feel like I did the wrong thing enrolling if people have don’t it without a higher education.