Ex: using $300 sq ft for 2000 sq ft home it's $600,000 or $450,000 for a 1500 sq ft.

Like in this case, wanting a new home. 

In addition your 17 so I am assuming your still at home.

If you have a newer home that rarely requires maintenance, a markup fee and low management fees may be the way to go.

A little history on my investment real estate journey if we can call it that….Back in 2005 my wife and I bought our very first home when we were 24/25, 3 Bed, 1 ½ bath 1500 sqft single family home for $167,000.

Though if an individual were paying for her or himself, I’d say go with the home-study version for a fraction of the costs of the live seminar….

I had prior MHP ownership experience and all the homes were tenant owned and were about $150 below market.

For the last 4 years in AZ, I have been a home inspector.

If the deal is right you can use hard/ private money to finance the home purchase and some or all of the repairs, then do a cash out refinance to pay off your hard/private money. 

They also told people to stop sitting on home equity and tap into that as an asset to use for education and build a better life.