I am reading/studying the beginners guide and I look forward to purchasing some more material from the site.

If you think these posts are long winded, you would hate the in depth materials we supply to clients.One last thought on this old topic of who has been caught - Would you publicly acknowledge being caught and fined if you did not have to?

We are talking about spending 50k-150k in rehab costs per house, subbing out every job (I also buy almost all materials for the jobs but I do not pick it up!

I heard that there might be a sale tax exemption program when purchasing renovation materials and etc.

My girlfriend (100% new to real estate) is also obsessed and devours materials like no other!

It would be a good material to start here https://www.biggerpockets.com/courses/a-beginners-introduction-to-real-estate-investing

We put about $26k in materials into it.

Then, you remove all of the damaged materials, and depending on what happened underneath, if nothing, then you're done.

Do you buy materials separately yourself or pay contractor for both labor and materials?

We have the local stores actually doing our shopping for us, discounting the items and then making arrangements with our maintenance team to come and pick up the material.