I pay professionals for help and can do basic tasks on my own without free labor. 

Annual revenue for a small 2bed 2bath cabin is basically the same.

Can you arrange for counters, floors, painting other “basics” without him tacking on his 20%?

At any rate it is possible, but depending on your appraisal it could be a gamble

Quote from @Jason Hatfield: @Jaycee Greene  they require a non refundable deposit and give 48hrs to see proof of funds I would suggest developing a relationship with an HML/PML that would give you a "guidance line" that would basically be a "pre-approval" for situations like this to present to the buyer/auction company.

Maybe its because they barely work, so when they have a hiccup, there is no funds coming in.Compared to the market renters, it is a bit easier to terminate/evict a sec8 tenant because you can basically tell them your not renewing and they try to find a place so they do not lose sec8 funding. 

@Nathan Gesner  is on point yet again, start with your basic estate plan first just like he did. 

This is the outline, of the overview, of the very basics for the Cliff Notes LolOver at the SubTo community, I noticed a severe lack of detail by them, paticularly4.

They then missed out on several more years of growth because they got out of the game and waited on the sidelines for things to look better. 2010 to 2012 was the period that cash investors were the players or those with IRA keep in mind investor loans were still basically non existent in those years for all those expect very well to do Investors beginners were not getting investor loans. 

I am training our son to basically do the rehabs but there is a learning curve.