Reach out to me as there is a good opportunity for you to get in this market currently from townhomes, paired patio, to single family homes!

So my money, the $5000 I had helped purchased the landscaping and patio, the kitchen essentials and everything needed.

If you want a life less ordinary you gotta LIVE A LIFE LESS ORDINARY, and remember that 80% of opinions are cr#p. 

During the year I kept improving the home, added turf in back with minimal patio furniture (camping chairs). 

This strategy is specific to NYC, where condos sell for more per sq ft than ordinary houses, but I'm sure there's some strategy that you could employ, whether buying NNN properties or something else.

Just an ordinary investor fumbling through RE using leverage and OPM to build wealth.

You can thank me later.That list appears to be minor items (some could be a big deal like exterior grading), but mostly small items.Those are not out of ordinary for a fix and flip but if you have no renovation experience please don’t do this on your own.

The former tenants also listed one of the rooms on Airbnb without permission.The Airbnb listing promises a guest suite with access to a pool and spa and a private patio to grill and ‘dine under the stars.’

For these people, the real estate is treated as inventory, rather than capital assets, and the profits on the sale of those properties are treated as ordinary income, subject to the self-employment tax."

But, if OP is making "equity payments" as he says in installments, where is the ordinary income?