I'll provide my own thoughts on analyzing deals, and you can fill in the blanks with your own details / assumptions.Step one would be to acquire a property and get it to the point of the exit strategy (rent out vs. flip). 

One method I like (at least in theory) that Michael Blank pitches is to create a sample deal package that is representative of a deal you would be doing.

If so and he just got a house closed but hasn't stared work yet, why not ask him to go there and take a shot at estimating repair costs?

Paul Moore & Michael Blank also have great contentGino

This helps with putting together a due diligence sequence, familiarity with free online resources, and shows you what pay services you may need to fill in the blanks  such as TLO and PACER.  

Are you referring to Michael Blank's podcast?

Imagine this is your situation and you have blank slate.

Hello Everyone,I am staring the process of buying my first home.

As it turns out, we drove by the house earlier today and it was right out of a nightmare - cars in various stages of dismantlement all over the place, young people all over the place staring us down as we drove by, and just a general feeling of wanting to get out of there.

That ___ could be buy-and-hold, house-hack, flip, fix-and-flip, etc.Anyway, time to get off of my high horse...Still, it sounds like you're at the point where financing is what's staring at you and preventing you from going over the edge.