I am the process of exploring an opportunity to flip a fire damaged property.

That's the tenants job, not yours.

Great job Michael!

I renovated my backyard and the contractor took most of the money and has not completed the job.

This holds true for realtors, especially contractors (I want one who talks about how he is going to do the job not tell me about how awesome he is when he built this and that and this and that, they talk to much they are snake oil salespeople)

Flipping is a side job and won’t produce steady mailbox money for life while you vacation and nap.

It sounds like it can be a great house hacking opportunity for you.

*Keep a journal of my progress, and keep my REI journey in line and prioritized appropriately with my faith, my family, and my W2 job (Not planning to quit my day job any time soon).My goals for the rest of the year:*Keep doing the daily work*Continue to invest in education (Not spending $$$$ on the national gurus.

It bugs me because I wasn’t going to rent to them initially because of the girlfriend’s low credit score, but he has a good job and they did own a home a few years back.  

We would like to grow our portfolio as time, finance, and opportunity allow.Lastly, our oldest is headed to UConn for her PhD (6 years) and instead of paying to rent, our thoughts are to do a version of a house hack with buying a house/condo with her living there and then renting out one to two rooms to offset the costs of her rent.