The initial poster was pretty nasty and making a lot of inferences.

Also, our virtual assistant service and their activities and processes we've perfected over the years creates a pretty massive pipeline of incoming deals. 

Unfortunately, real estate is pretty efficient, so high returns should scream to you high risk.  

Check out this recent thread on LLC’s, it’s pretty eye-opening that of all the very experienced investors on here, with centuries of investing experience combined, the consensus was that LLC’s are not needed for most investors:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/926/ Of course gurus will tell you that you need one before you even have a single property, because it makes them sound smart.

Responses like this are good for me because I am pretty uneducated on things like specific loans or qualifying requirements.

She is wanting to help me get this done and will pretty much do whatever is most favorable to me.

Interior is in pretty good shape. 

I am pretty sure I am going to move forward.

I did all of the work myself and know the ARV's in the area pretty well so that helped. this is like my 8th deal and I analyzed deals for like 3 years before I bought my first property so that has gotten way easier.

So sad...... what is scary too is they only have them 10-20% contained and they are expected to get high winds again which can carry those embers pretty far. you also have to think these fire fighters etc. have been working around the clock and must be exhausted.