The most important part is knowing all that needs to be done, and not leaving out anything that eats profits ...which comes from experience.Good luck.

We prepare the docs & receipts, keep great records, and hand everything off to a CPA who lives, eats & breathes tax returns.

It provides the cash that allows my family to eat, go camping, etc.

Bottom lie I think your going to eat this one. hang in there. prepare for the worse and hope for the best.I just met a guy that gave $18k cash to another guy that promised him 12% return. well long story short this highly educated senior electrical engineer is out $18k. with no contract, or collateral he is out of luck.

If your project will not qualify for conventional financing and you have to use a hard money rehab loan you can expect to pay 14%+ in interest as well as several points on the loan and that can eat up a large chunk of your profit.

When they are unable to get the price they want and the holding costs are eating them alive they may find themselves in a situation where they need to get out.

This could easily eat up your entire $7,500 downpayment plus any monthly excess.

It can really eat at you, as well as get uglier than you think.

Costs that eat up some or all of the savings you might have from a commission.Why waste the time getting a license, finding a broker to work under, paying Realtor fees, putting in office time, paying the other fees required of an agent and have to face continuing education requirements for what is retail sales.

How much of my equity can I eat up to finance purchases and who would I get my money from?