I plan to immerse myself in the site capabilities.

Since then I have immersed myself in getting educated and that led me to BP.

As a contractor I always prefer a full gut but it does eat away the rehab cost and takes longer but no stress about plumbing, leaks, electric, lead paint and etc in the future.The patch up would cost less, fast timing, but then you are gambling with what's behind the wall and hoping nothing happens in the future.I assume most house that are purchase for BRRRR purpose are in distress/bad condition and old on some occasion.What rehab number would you go for?

For the past six months, i've been studying and really immersing myself with real estate investing.

Sounds like you did not do any homework and its going to kick you in the butt and it sounds like you gambled on this one. 

Definitely up, so the gamble on rates cannot go your way.I had one ARM in the past, and it went my way when it adjusted, but only because the market collapsed.

@Harry Gamble The cost of insurance will vary greatly based on the individual property types, specifics, and locations.

Immerse yourself in the podcasts!

I have immersed myself in the podcasts and books for the last month or so, and I think the best way to start out is networking.

I believe your point was more about if you are a W2 and expect retirement savings if you are lucky with your 401k to get you to where you want to be when you retire then yea, that is taking a gamble given the access to wealth building vehicles that are possible in today's world.