I am about to lose my car my place to live basically my life.

I'm curious on peoples go to approach to secure financing for an investment property - use a broker? start w local bank or CU ? or even a local brick and mortar bank?

Projects that may not make sense for some, will make sense for you if rehab cost is at 70%, comparatively.

Also, you can't know how the cost of materials could fluctuate over your project time, so consider purchasing any materials upfront so you can stick to your budget. 

Phoenix is becoming a prime city for this sort of project Khaled.

My strategy incorporates asset protection measures like LLCs, specific trusts as well as professional property management to spread risk and ensure quality operations.As well as using tax codes to my benfiitSection 179, IRC Section 162, Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation and later 1031 them out for larger projects. 

We will hire cleaning and basic lawn care.

Basically, if there’s a way to analyze, optimize, and scale, I’m in!

I am about to do one of my first ground up construction projects with the intent to rent in the area of Athens a little further west. 

I bought 14 houses basically for free by harvesting the equity in my houses by doing 5 cash out refis.