Does anyone have any excel/spreadsheet templates they use for organization and having a place where you store that budgeting and timeline information?

Here are some common pitfalls I see for new investors from the private lending perspective:• Insufficient Funds: most lenders are going to be able to lend a first-time investor somewhere around 75-80% of the purchase price of an existing property + 100% of your estimated rehab budget (or an 80/100 loan, for short).

Practice tips include budgeting, saving, and leveraging strengths.

If both the criteria make sense, I am looking at the property in person and planning to make an offer if within my budget.

It will depend on your budget and if you are willing to take hard money. 

Construction loan through a hard money lender - where your purchase price and rehab budget are factored into the loan, this will give you the highest cash on cash return2.

Everything he teaches about personal finances (budgeting, car loans, credit cards, etc.) is spot on.

Through PHA sources, the article indicates the renovation will cost $112M, twice the initial budget.

Your tenants who faced with an already tight household budget may decide to rig the issue instead of fixing it properly.  

While it is nice of her to pay the rent for her adult son, she shouldn't be paying rent for two places as it is clearly stretching her budget.