Quote from @Shaun Ortiz: Hi Jason,Thanks for sharing your journey—it sounds like you’ve gained some invaluable insights from your experiences, even with the squirrel tenants (that’s definitely a story!).

The refund part is just to get you get committed to another deal that makes them even more  money than that refund.

Most investors don’t even need an LLC and a holding company is extra, extra overkill though IMO.

even louder.

Even the funding alone is easier since you now have a cash flowing property that can help you fund your seed money faster. 

licenseI...It's one thing to have your contractor's license revoked for 7 legal actions, it's even worse when you don't make amends when you clearly can.

My pro50 code had expired and this ones saves me even more!!!

I live in Sacramento, and have noticed that people are offering either equal or above asking price even for homes that sometimes need 80-100k in repairs and I can't see how they would even make a profit doing that.

Always budget extra for surprises.Skipping Permits – Even small renovations may require permits.

Even if straight off a cliff.