@Steven BondI've been thinking about your model up here.  

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Stick to cash only purchases and focus on properties where you can leverage your expertise (roofing) or your contacts (other contractors you trust... enough).

@Tyrell Perry You however have the reserves and the team, where by it would make sense for you.But for @Ryan Conklin, being in college and "scraping together some cash for a property" , I would not advise it.I have a few people here in KC that have perfected their model for the $15 to $30k in the urban core - that I have vetted and know personally, I would say investing as a private partner on a deal or two with that person or someone like these folks, maybe Tyrell, and you would probably make more money.I wholesale urban core houses from time to time I have a pool of about 4 of 5 investors who buy, so I love to sell to them.    

I found the properties myself, but since I'm a newbie I'd like to utilize her expertise in the buying process.

I own 8 properties here (7 income properties) and you can't grow to that size without standout expertise.  

I' creating a model in excel so that I can easily crunch the numbers.

I got that idea from my friend who is a real Pro who is a  fantastic role model

I would be happy to help analyze deals (I recently built an easy to use excel model, which I'm happy to share) in exchange for meeting to discuss your business or to shadow investors as they meet with brokers, manage property (tenant walkthroughs, rent collection, repair supervision, eviction, etc.), negotiations, and closings.