@John Lasher If you are still looking to spend $20k-$30K for a coach, I would be happy to take you up on that offer :) For full disclosure,  I will share with you precisely what you can learn online/ perhaps even entirely through these BiggerPockets Forums but that doesn't address the reason why most are still unable to purchase larger assets: creditworthiness and capital relationships.

Based on what my real estate agent thinks that this quote will be, roughly, and the after repair value, it looks like I could buy this property in cash, spend a month or two fixing the damage, and then put a mortgage for roughly 1.6x what I paid for it and thus have a cash flowing property at a few hundred dollars per month and a little more money in my bank account ready for a down payment on the next deal.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

So, as a buyer I would not want to spend money before having a contract.

It has a text capability.With that said, I'm spending a lot of time in Twilio right now as I see huge upside coming in that platform.You could be up and running with Podio & Globiflow for text within a very short time.

If it is a high-end project, I would spend on an actual lIcensed designer.

We're spending so much money...this better work feeling."

What should I expect to spend?

I feel like if you dont want to spend too much time figuring out the flow then it's a good alternative.

I spend majority of my time in central and North Jersey.