You always need cushion for cost overruns, closing costs, time delays, and all the host(s) of things that can go wrong with a flip.

I suggested to Clint to stack some credit cards to have zero rate for 12 -18 months as his cushion for cash.

I like the cushion idea of giving her $50-75K and pay it back within 5 years.  

The best way to mitigate that is to BRRRR and build some equity for a cushion for them. 

I’d like to see more of a cushion for you.2.

You need that cushion in order to make the finances work.

Even though we are looking for some type of "float" to the other property with enough cushion we are confident we can sell our NM property to fully pay the loan back, we do expect to do other real estate deals and to also move to the lending side as well.

In reality, you need some cushion, so you need 2,000 hours. 

I will definitely work to limit expenses and tuck away as much cushion funds for the upfront and during reno expenses.

I'm hoping the $200k~ equity cushion would provide warranty against a downturn and not having enough equity to refinance.