If the credit screening costs $25, then you earn nothing.I believe there are exceptions for a higher fee, but you have to stick to the actual cost of the screening.I would talk to an attorney before charging more than $25 per applicant.

If you can't even do one, then continue to save judiciously to get your "starter investment capital". 

You will get great information continuing to be curious and ask questions while being involved!

Stuart we aren't talking about 100 year old homes in C/D neighborhoods. 

In layman’s terms, I took all of my earned income to continue with the rehab only paying down my debt when someone else paid me (my lender via draw money).I won’t bore you with the details, but this lasted about 6 months.

After talking with some folks, you will find someone out there will have a bunch of cash.

@Arun Maheshwari Richmond and Rosenburg have effectively become immediate suburbs of Houston with the continued sprawl.

Correction: This episode talks about Price Labs https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bS4eL80KL1rWY4vyCMjXh?

Don't disqualify yourself without talking to an expert. 

Talk to the seller, but options are to cancel the sale (and risk losing your deposit), renegotiate to lower the price to allow you to fix the problems or ask them to fix it.