You have to pan a lot of dirt in this business to find gold (i.e., deals) so you have to have patience and stick with it.

Should I pass and get a day job or search for the $25k and go for gold? 

A good agent can be worth his weight in gold-pressed latinum.

@Anthony ThompsonYour help is always “Gold”.

Buy and Hold for Cash Flow, Buy and gold for wealth generation, BRRR, Flip etc... each market is geared toward a certain strategy... or better put one strategy may work awesome in Hamilton, while another may be just near impossible.  

But I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather save a LOT of hassle and stress and pay a bit more to buy from a used appliance store where the items are tested and come with some kind of return policy.So my question to my fellow rehabbers is this: how do you feel about FB marketplace, and what's your experience been... is it a gold mine or a money pit?

They just knew it was gold.

The seller can believe all they want, they can believe there is a gold mine under the house and price it accordingly but they will only get offers for what people are willing to spend.

And yes a vendor database is gold!

They know that if gold mining is risky, selling shovels is safe."