So your 50k doesn't stretch as far as you think once you start adding everything up.Thank you for this information, it gave me a lot more clarity.I was thinking for my first deal, I could find a property for $125,000 including down payment and use an FHA loan so I only put 3.5% down, I’ll be using less of my $50K capital which will help prevent my $50K from getting drained after down payment, closing costs, etc, let’s say $12,000 total, I’ll have $38,000 left in capital. 

This law basically prevents wholesaling when the wholeseller owns title.

.), the location, depth, and capacity of utilities to service the site - including public utilities (sanitary, storm and water services), franchised utilities (power, gas, cable), capacity of the local streets to accommodate additional traffic from your development...Be sure to find out if there are any specific local ordinances you need to satisfy (possible tree & wetland surveys, together with any necessary tree & landscape or wetland mitigation plans) and whether there are any concerns from municipal departments (e.g. hydrant locations from the fire department, storm inlet and retention requirements, as well as asphalt / concrete road requirements from the engineer), entrance requirements from the road commission (left turn and passing lanes at the site entrance), etc.Once you get past all this you can finally prepare a preliminary site plan and enter the political arena to get preliminary site plan approval, and to address any concessions the board and neighbors want from you to overcome their objections to your development.

Condos have much more risk than a SF rental.A condo HOA can decide there are already too many rentals in the community and prevent you from renting yours. 

I think it's okay to not have a deluxe backyard, see what the market is demanding.We didn't want to or have the funds to do a full renovation, Here are some things we did when we got our primary ready to rent:-Tore out fiberglass tub and surround in master bedroom-Had new tub and tile surround put in (felt nicer for primary bedroom suite)-New toilets and all new faucets-Hired guy to resurface all kitchen and bathroom countertops-Took down popcorn ceiling and had resurfaced/ painted-Neutral paint and trim throughout (had different colors all over prior)-changed out washer hook-up valves to prevent issues Things I wish we would've taken care of:-regular yard maintenance hired out and baked into rent-LVP flooring throughout (kept mix of tile and carpet)Just did final walkthrough and got keys this morning for tenant moving out.

Ask that these expenses be covered under your liability coverage, as the leak was not caused by your renters, but it  did necessitate the moving of items to prevent further damage. 

Any delay or failure in the performance by Landlord hereunder shall be excused if and to the extent caused by the occurrence of any event that is beyond Landlord's control, such as fires/ floods, earthquakes, wars, sabotage, terrorism, vandalism, governmental acts, injunctions, or labor strikes, acts of God and any other occurrences that are unavoidable or unpreventable despite reasonable efforts to prevent, avoid, delay, or mitigate the effects thereof."

Your budget should deal with preventative or regular maintenance and emergency repairs.

I believe it tends to give me a slightly lower return, because the sponsor is going to be more careful, and if there is a severe downturn will prevent me from taking catastrophic losses.

That impacts me negatively now (compared to 6%), but supposedly was to prevent IRS questioning/audit in the future.