@Nathan Gesner To your point about $10,000 houses and appreciation, averages paint with broad brushes.

So these platforms will be looking to teach people how to source deals,  use their experience and soft ware etc.   

(Works better than expensive Scrub brushes.3.

Construction Loan with at 80% LTC with $ 800,000 held back for construction and misc. soft costs.How did you add value to the deal?

.- Yes to paint, easily the best ROI- I'm not a fan of door knobs and cabinet hardware- Making light fixtures uniform in color/style, so don't mix brushed nickel and bronze.

You may have to go creative rather than conventional, but depending on where it is and what you are doing, you may be looking at anywhere between 100K-300K in soft costs (permitting, design, architecture, utility hook ups, etc.) and a construction budget of probably 1 Mil to whatever, once again depending on what you are doing and where. 

I haven't seen a May this soft since the financial crisis.

If you're planning on wholesaling (which is a good place to start if you have lots of time but less money), you'll want to start brushing up on SDIRA's, also. 

think it's just starting to get too much and I am afraid she is going to be demanding and maybe has read me as a soft touch.In the past two weeks I also cut all the grass, installed an AC, and bought a second fan, at her request. 

It's a struggle starting out and I don't think it's talked about enough in more of a blunt way, in blog posts or any article on the web, everyone seems to softly speak about the introduction part that requires money.