For example, a person can go to  a 10 —-13 week school for dental assistant… finish the course get a certificate and have an immediate job making somewhere around 43k plus.. yeah I know it’s not a ton of money, but it’s a good base especially for folks that don’t want to go to college.

The market in Racine is much different than Kenosha and we have been having a hard time getting quality tenant applicants.

There is always risk, and these are highly risky and regulated techniques.

If you make them and insulate them good, it will be ok. 

I don't think there are good stats on this, but I will guess in my experience less than 5% redeem.Why is that? 

Flipping has a good profit margin -most often done by experienced investors with lots of capital. 

I'm a licensed contractor in NYC and I have a good friend who's family owns a property here in Crown Heights Brooklyn that’s basically all paid off and taxes are up to date.

If you haven’t already, I’d scope out the municipalities around town.. from what I read in The Economist, the Phoenix metropo area continues to rank high for job growth, which usually bodes well for new builds.

We got a really good deal on it because it was sitting for a long time and we came in under asking direct to the agent for the seller.

She is a real estate agent but rents so no property to place a lien on.Sorry to hear this but its good that you share this as people only see $ signs when the think seller financing.