.🎯 Your 6-Month Timeline:Month 1: Foundation (5-7 hours/week)Morning routine: 1 hour daily market researchEvening routine: Deal analysis practiceWeekend: BP forums & networkingKey Goal: Analyze 10 deals on paperMonth 2: Education (8-10 hours/week)Complete 1 RE courseJoin 2 local REI groupsSchedule lunch breaks with agentsKey Goal: Build your initial power team listMonth 3: Systems (10-12 hours/week)Set up deal tracking systemCreate document templatesEstablish banking relationshipsKey Goal: Ready to make offersMonth 4: Lead Generation (12-15 hours/week)Drive neighborhoods after workWeekend open housesSetup automated MLS alertsKey Goal: Generate first 5 qualified leadsNow, the Owners and Brokers you deal with may not enjoy this, but you can certainly "practice" making offers.  

I guess it will take another 2 to 3 years to get the rest of our my money back if D32 builder is really sincere to pay it back. 

And assuming you get the tenant out (or get them to pay rent), are those the rents you'd get AFTER the rehab?

My mortgage increased earlier this year as my home owners insurance went up due to the company closing and my escrow didn’t have enough to make up the difference so I’m kind of pay check to pay check right now.

Should I stick with my partners for the initial flips or go the hard money route?

.• Retirement communities• Syndicates (from initial explorations, little transparency from providers, little oversight - almost leap of faith and trust in provider?)

To be clear, you are not paying off the 80K mortgage.

With the profit from the first deal I would pay for the initial investment technically.  

We did this because initially we were just going to build/sell, but I would rather hold on to it.

We couldn't close and had to have (and pay for) a re-inspection, even though the hurricane did not come anywhere close by.