You wanted feedback so you could decide on your course of action before the summer.Any updates as to your decision?

The amount of cash flow on a home will of course be contingent on the down payment.

@Andrew Syrios Tulum  ruins of course and if you can make it Akumal to see the giant turtles eat under the sea!!

Of course the customer is acting as the contractors bank , who else is going to ? 

If you increase rents, if you go MUGS and put the utilities, if if if ifHaving owned and sold businesses and 1-2 properties, I have learned that I do not want to pay for POTENTIAL, but want to pay for what it ACTUALLY produces.Of course the seller will want the max, and the real estate agent will also want the max, so will push for the Pro-forma or potential income.....and base asking price off of this.I find that my numbers to evaluate properties almost never work with the asking price (based off potential), but almost always work with ACTUAL value.

Of course Luke!

We're seeing a ton of development with new builds and retail and small businesses opening up over the course of the next year.

My free advice, don’t pay for some real estate investing course.

I have been rehabbing homes in Milwaukee for 15 years, I have even dabbled a little as a builder and of course we manage our rental rehabs.

Of course your/my mileage may vary - but this seems such a standard thing to do, I can not imagine it's worth thousand dollars of contract rocket science.