Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Based on what my real estate agent thinks that this quote will be, roughly, and the after repair value, it looks like I could buy this property in cash, spend a month or two fixing the damage, and then put a mortgage for roughly 1.6x what I paid for it and thus have a cash flowing property at a few hundred dollars per month and a little more money in my bank account ready for a down payment on the next deal.

The investor would buy an ugly black box that produced money if it was the right price.

Alternatively, I could explore hard money lenders.

I left them recently like many others have in the last 5 months and even though our money was technically an investment and a limited partner contribution, they refused to give anyone their money back even after stating numerous times they would give people their money back if they choose to leave. 

If you can get a better primary residential HELOC rate than you can a hard money bridge loan I would say yes.

For the inside paint we add a Mold preventer to the paint. 

We are all about saving money on flips and renovation efforts.  

I think $10k/mo is good money, other people live in expensive areas or have higher taxes and need $20k.

Then it's them unable to sell in the money, and buy a new one cause rates locked up the previous buyers.The 1st point is the real state of unemployment.