Certain cap items is fixed or pretty close to fixed whether you are buying a $60K house vs. a $500K house in the same market. 

Reassess whether you need the home warranty, flood insurance, or other items.

No, you cannot "write off a new truck every 3 years" as these reckless YouTube professors suggest.Prepay or delay personal itemized deductions.

Money will come from different levels of government, private donations and insurance companies. 

An example of a mistake was a line item for alimony that I found on my taxes (I am single and have never been married).

But, on the other hand, if your life is very busy with your w2 job or you have a family to take care of, then maybe having a property management company will do you well and just worrying about larger items.

One important item to note about bids: most smaller contractors are terrible at estimating.

But enough to make to do all the cosmetics along with a few major items like HVAC, appliances, etc.

Most new construction deals require you to give up to a 10-year warranty on some items while most fix and flips come with very little extended liability after the sale excluding gross negligence which is not stopped by an LLC in any case.

All 3 of those big ticket items that you're looking for can be found in the Memphis , TN market.