I was thinking having extra saved would help as well.

Invite folks to one-on-one networking sessions.

Especially since I did extra work on the property including adding palm trees to the front and fenced in the backyard which SHOULD have made it sell for even higher or at least projected. 

I always need to be busy so the "extra layers" that asset has is interesting to me and the value I can create is amazing.I like to keep busy if you can't tell.

I’ll be contacting gnnd folks next week to see if we can tap into the “silent second” mortgage, in which sits the other 50% of the cost of the house, before our 3 years are up.

So I get good mental exercise here, or try to, while getting some added REI "fix" and if I can get challenged that's just extra credit, as is learning something new is icing on the cake. 

@Brittany Moreland    ambitious I will give you that. and totally unrealistic... folks with that kind of money don't need you they do it themselves..Good luck on it. 

Not sure if you mean the town of Catskill on the river, or the mountain area, but This thread has a bunch of folks talking about the town and surrounding river towns.

Ex (random numbers pulled out of thin air)$100k purchase $160k ARV$30k reno but $20k at cost$15k holding costsTotal Cost:$145k cost or $135k with contractorWith the contractor at cost, I have an extra $10k of margin where I don't lose money, but obviously not ideal for the contractor since they would make less.I think a good way to price it would be the equity would equal your profit if you did a fee construction at slightly below the projected ARV, and slightly below the projected hold time.

As @Susan Maneck mentioned instead of Sec 8 for landlords section 8 needs to take those same dollars and turn those same folks into home owners..