When it comes to being a real estate professional, it actually doesn’t have anything to do with your job title or profession.

I got good at estimating renovation costs by making an initial estimate based on photos/walkthrough, drawing up a model like you see here, then once the project is finished, go to accounting, get the actual expense report for that property, and update the model.

We built it from ground up to provide actionable insights that can be used to make actual decisions. 

You may be netting the same.It might actually make more sense to get the HELOC and buy another investment property.

I actually have a few options for you in Indiana, as I work with a great team there.

Most "cash buyers" actually use some sort of financing. 

You'll learn more about the sponsor by learning how they handle an adverse market, and how they survive it, than by comparing projected vs actual without context.

Hey @Steve Johnson, I found your website but it does not explicitly mention HVAC and I actually was about to ask on the forum if anyone had a recommendation for a furnace repair job... not a big job, one unit in a duplex not working properly.

Lots of people on here want to knock concepts like the one you are asking about, but in my experience most of those people haven't even worked through those kinds of companies or bought properties, so focus on the ones who actually have (if you can figure out who that is). 

My attorney told me there's some question whether contracts are actually copyrightable, but it doesn't seem worth it to test it.