Thanks for the response.My long term goal is to supplement my income from my restaurant business.

Maybe you have family that will help you, maybe you are ok personally without an emergency fund, maybe you can pick up extra jobs to supplement an emergency situation. 

I'm currently in the process of obtaining my real estate salesperson license mostly just for the knowledge and supplemental income and I'm pretty excited about it. 

And although it may be tricky to estimate overall repair costs, I agree with the above idea about getting a peak at the Seller’s Property Disclosure and supplementing that with viewing the online photos which would start you off nicely.

Interested in learning about passive supplement real estate investment avenues.

yep, and then they stick you with a nice supplemental tax bill to make up the difference for the assessed year. 

Hey Tyler,Rentometer is good, I use it when I evaluate any deal and one of the local bankers I work with also uses it to supplement their underwriting process.

I do plan on supplementing income with 1-2 flip houses per year. 

I would stick to hard money lenders, family, or possibly a partnership to supplement the missing amount. 

If you’re looking to supplement your retirement look for a solid appreciation area with good schools that cash flow on 15 or whatever number of years until your target retirement age.