The home was not too far from an Air Force base so I thought I would have moderate vacancies here/there.

You should report him to BP moderators to make sure he's not targeting other people. 

In my experience for a 3/2 around 1000 sq ft a full gut is up to 70K and for the same house a light/moderate rehab could be around 20K-40K 

As a moderator and member on BP for many years, I have read countless posts on the disappointments with BP Marketplace, and have sent Joshua Dorkin, Scott Trench, Mindy Jensen and anyone else I thought could make changes suggestions.

I've been using VA for other various tasks for over a decade now and has been super helpful throughout my career and feel I have at least a moderate level of experience hiring and training. 

So, lower your sights to more moderate returns, and focus on working with a reliable and trustworthy company. 

I have some capitol to invest, but it would put me under a moderate amount of financial stress.

I own a property management company and also a moderate size portfolio that we self-manage.

Was at 604 units at cap, but sold off some to maintain comfortable levels of leverage and moderate cash flow. 

Then they got to the Flip to Yourself portion, I asked how it was different than David/Brandon's description of BRRRR, and the moderator told me its the same...