I'd look into using the $36k you have earmarked for a new furnace to split out the utilities. 

The $50k you have earmarked my not be enough for this strategy, but if you were flexible in where you lived you could owner occupy the property for a much lower down payment (3.5%-10%) depending on what program you want to use.

While it can be complicated, the joy of technology is that now you can “earmark” expenses in QuickBooks or related software to keep your bookkeeping manageable.

We have about $30,000 in reserve cash earmarked for this project and could pull from less liquid investments, but I’m still looking for alternative ways to leverage even a little portion of this project to get us across the refi finish line.I tell you what...

For future purchases, I plan to save up my paychecks directly to buy properties in Ohio and live as frugally as possible in the Bay Area, a very HCOL area while saving up thousands of dollars a year earmarked to buy properties.

Helps to set up high interest savings goals with money earmarked to ensure big payments made on time!

Hypothetically, if the partnership was a 50/50 split, would the party bringing the cash typically earmark those funds so the principal investment is safe? 

For instance, if I was to have $35k earmarked for you to use as a sell option, that you can call anytime, up to some date - then I'd want maybe $200-300 in return. 

It shouldn’t cost much to get started but I’d say it’s a good idea to have $1000 ear marked to get started and pay a few months of stuff before you start collecting commissions. 

I could possibly fix roof and exterior and my bank will refi in ARV after fixed and pitch it to them that way and park 12-15k in my company savings account ear mark it for this account and finish when we can ?