We did a new kitchen (granite, cabinets, appliances), all new bath fixtures and tile, solid hardwood floors, new carpet, new vinyl windows, brand new heat pump, water heater and 90% new plumbing, new lights, fans, and hardware, interior/exterior paint, built 12x12 deck, landscaping, repaired extensive wood rot and termite damage, termite treatment and bond, graded and seeded yard, reinsulated and lined crawl space.

@Shai Flax if you are looking to house hack, why not consider a tri, or quadplex?

Hi Biggerpockets community, aside from the basics, what tips and tricks / life hacks have you employed to raise seed capital for your investments in the past/present?

I am a 19 year old college student studying computer engineering and I am hoping to plant the seeds to a bright future with real estate. 

What is left in the Roth is seed money for Future deals that is tax free forever.

Sounds like in this case the women had no idea, so I don't think should be attacking them, but he has to be disturbed IMO.If we were to stop a life before conception, you never know what the future heirs of that life may do, they could be a mass murderer or they could be someone who saves your great-gandkids life from a burning house, saving your seed on this earth...no way to know.

They use their profits to build seed money that lets them scale.

Dawn Wilkins I would remove the mulch and have grass seed thrown down there.

Make sure the new lease brings all tenants to market rent, this will help clear out the bad seeds and make your transition into ownership easier.

Here is a link to that post:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/82312Doing deals with other people's money creates an extreme responsibility that I don't take lightly, but it is absolutely necessary if you seek to achieve scale.A track record seeded by self-funded deals gives the credibility to successfully raise capital from others.