Budgeting for furniture and coordinating the time to execute or hire a designer is something we try and factor into our Pro Forma or analysis.

Any specific suggestions on how to tone down on a budget but still be effective?   

As I looked at the course I saw that it was WAY OVER my budget and cost $1500!

-My budget is max 250k, so yes I am trying to find a hot market neighborhood that can accommodate these two points.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

.- Full time maintenance, reservations, cleaning staff- Additional marketing budgets and resources.This is a brief list but a good PM can make more revenue than you can and can offset their fee. 

I interviewed another Syndication and appreciated the fact they said 1) They never lost any of their investors money 2) They aren't currently entertaining deals until they are more solid on the market's direction.  3) their Exits are designed much shorter than ODCs.  

I think it would be really lucerative to get into commercial spaces as well but as of right now we are primarily entertaining SF homesCopy - glad you have good things to say about DealMachine.

I can tell you that being around new construction the past 12 years, I would say 1/4 of the projects we have been apart from residential to commercial will experience delays to MFGs out of stock, HOAs changing their specs, Cities changing their specs, Weather 2-3Xs budgeted rain delays, Subcontractor injuries and death.....Then Hurricane Harvey in Houston are.....WOAH  major delays...I have seen it.We are happy to be providing funding to DCGI's BTR community members, many have gotten their applications in already and look forward to helping the rest of yall accomplish your real estate goals. 

It's calculated as the ratio of your total loan amount (loan amount for purchase + loan amount for your rehab) to your total costs (purchase price + rehab budget). 95% is a good target.Avoid application and other upfront/junk fees.