I needed him like I needed to breathe.

The whole process of breathing new life into and old home or creating something from scratch gives me such fulfillment, it's what I want to do with my life.But I need help with my finances - how can I make my dreams possible when I'm struggling to pay down debt and am barely able to save anything?

Regarding Accounting, I would definitely look at Brandon Hall and Hall CPA - he's a frequent BP contributor, guest on the podcast and lives and breathes real estate.

Offer the number that works for you and see what they say and give them breathing space.

It makes me want to lean towards taking an assignment fee, having the security and breathing room from that, and being done with it, but I don't want to sell ourselves short with such a great opportunity. 

It is really enlightening and a breath of fresh air in a societt that seems to demonize anyone in business.

Decide on your strategy.2) If your credit score needs to be improved in order to get Fannie Mae mortgages for buy & hold rentals, then perhaps direct more of your earnings there for a while, but in general you will have more options of you have some cash to work with for downpayments, rehabs, or just some breathing room.  

Before I would waste another breath on this deal.  

I suggest marketing to find properties to use as rentals so you can buy under market value and start out with tons of breathing room. 

Sleep on it, take a breath and listen to those more experienced than both of us.