It’s great to have you here, and it sounds like you’re in an excellent position to start your real estate investing journey.

However, we typically use the FHA-203k loan because it involves a renovation, which I highly recommend if you are looking to really boost your equity and have the cost of the renovation wrapped into your loan with a VERY LOW AMOUNT OUT OF POCKET.I like the FHA loan, but honestly, the Fannie May Home Style is an even better product at this point because you just have to bring a bit more cash to the table 5% vs. 3.5% (w/ FHA), but you have a bit more flexibility.  

He was a clever man, but benefited from excellent timing. 

Be sure to investigate the varying product types. 

That is an excellent first post.

As someone who deals and talks to real Private Lenders (small shops run by a guy who lends his own capital and doesn't use big box), they have a hard and fast business model that produces the rate of return they need to remain profitable and curb the risk on their cash.So the best product for a budding fix and flip investor is the bridge loan which includes acquisition money and construction money. 

It's a pretty standard product these days.

This of course will affect productivity and delivery schedules.WE got all of ours out by the 15th and filed all the state returns by the 15th. 

I am logging in mine on a simple excel but am curious how others are doing it / staying organized.

In addition being able to do your own searchs and one thing out west here that was very productive for us/me was just going through the big Plat maps ( the actual mylar / paper ones in the day) We could find shadow plats.