It depends what stage of investment you are at.

We bought a nice house within walking distance of evans elementary (good school) for about $180k. 

That loan is for 1st time buyers anyway, you are past that stage.

so im in the beginning beginning stages of my real estate career.

Still in the early stages, with nothing finalized. 

If this assistance helps this friend buy a house he's lived in since cleaning his life up 7 years ago, I'm going to get a picture of him, his awesome shop helper elementary aged son, and some cars on 30" rims with thumping sound systems he built to pull it off to post in this thread.

Even better, get in inspected before your inspection contingency expires.Assuming you get to the rehab stage, yes master bath is great, but each area is different.  

However, because of the stage of life said family member was at, immediate cash on hand was valuable to them.

Learn from someone else's mistakes, don't reinvent the wheel, etc.My goal for my first deal is to financially partner on a flip with someone who has some successful rehabs under their belt so I can be involved in a deal, see firsthand all of the stages of the process, and learn the basics from someone with some proven experience. 

I used to have some family that lived near Big Lake, & my wife taught at Washington Elementary (Go Wolves!