the insurance companies are not charities; they deserve to make reasonable profit for providing the insurance.  

We have done it both ways where we fund purchase and they cover rehab but if the individual is less experienced we do not do it that way, we have them put more money into the deal from the start and fund the draws, reason why is we also had a deal where the person said they would do this and never did anything and property sat and loan matured and it was a pain.Just recognize you will still not get 100% financing for the purchase, so you are putting money in up front. 

That is reason enough for her to move. 

And buildium is actually the platform I’ve been looking at, seems good for beginners.

One of the reasons I am looking at moving forward with them is because I was a prior tax customer.

I would say know the numbers and then bring an actual deal to the investor.

Some parcels are actually worth as much or more after the credits are clipped as before. 

For several reasons (property taxes, politics), I would prefer to begin real estate investing somewhere other than locally. 

Hey @Mike Williams, we actually have a lender in our network that can get this done.

I am the owner actually.