If I end up having to go at full asking price of $89k, a 50K renovation budget would bring total cost to 140k, which I think is the max I'd be willing to go.

Buy and hold is definitely the way to go, at least in my humble opinion.

Convenient water access or is it a billy goat hike to get to the water?

Account Closed You might want to start a new thread for this question, but I'll go at it in this forum. 

We host it every 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at Goat Patch Brewing 6:30-8:30 PM MST

At the same time, weather can happen anywhere you go at any time, so I might just abide by my cancellation policy.

If you go at your first couple deals with your own money you will look more attractive to hard money lenders and they'll take you more seriously.

Use that knowledge you have been gaining and attack like a majestic snow leopard pouncing on a mountain goat!

I bought a property last Dec. out in Pascagoula, MS and used the property management associated with the real-estate company, I flew out there, saw the property and like the agent...fast forward to when I was back out of state, I emailed over a few questions about some fees that had been deposited back into my account after months of having a renter (which btw - I had to ask them to list the property for rent after 1 month of not seeing it listed anywhere), the owner said if I was going to ask questions I should find someone else...this is my first go at real estate investing, although I had read a lot and listed to a lot of podcast for a year or so before, I felt like he was attaching me when I called.

this is about as good and honest post on wholesaling that I have ever seen .. and 1000% the truth.. the success rate for wholesalers is next to zero.. for everyone that makes a go at it 99 fall flat and blow money.. just like blowing money they don't have on Guru's seminars..Very much what you post is what we were taught if we wanted to be real estate agents in the day.Great sales1 year of money in the bank no debt.this is no different so you have all these wanna be folks dreamers really thinking they can make money doing this then buy and hold.. its sad really and its promulgated on BP as much as anywhere. which is doubly sad...