so I enjoy being the contrarian and talking about deals that almost no one of BP would think have merit or should be bought.. so its OK to have different opinions..

TIA I'd immediately start the eviction process and then argue the merits of what "should be".

Of course, I read it anyway and the book changed my life (it took a while for the lessons to sink in).The incentive system in education and employment is to reward achievements with merit pay raises.

I've already looked into it, some of it has merit, but I decided that I'd rather not put everything in one basket so I do both. 

Your theory at one time had merit, but those days are gone.

I understand the tax merits of holding buy and holds in their own child LLCs, with their own EIN. 

I guess both ways have their merit,  taking into account opportunity costs and the time lost on other areas of financial education! 

If doing a #3 (Gut Rehab) will yield a $60K profit and doing a #6 (Wholesale As-Is) will yield a $50K profit, I'll take the lower profit with having to do essentially no work.Anyway, my point is, you need to look at your project(s) and evaluate each on its own merits. 

There are some costs, however they are usually minuscule and a small price to pay for the merit that assuming a VA loan presents. 

I am sympathetic to those who want to build equity through renovations and can see the merits of that approach.