Looking for single-family up to 4-plex deals  I like to buy ugly and add sweat. 

We poured sweat equity quickly into one side to get it completed, while we stayed in the other side.  

As for money, you can always offer some sweat equity instead of money.

Sweat Equity and waited to sell until the market was peaking What was the outcome?

I want to put in as much sweat equity as I can to keep the remodel costs as low as possible while contracting out electrical, plumbing and HVAC.

As far as appreciation goes - that depends on the sweat equity your drive into the property.

And I mean through her own blood sweat and tears, not passively just by being her wonderful self (which women are so good at)It is very possible that I will spend a lot of time extracting pay from the job market before slamming into real estate, but I don't think I'll ever be able to take it that seriously.

Purchase price: $65,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Formed a 50/50 partnership with me being the sweat equity.

Another method might be joining a MFS as an active participant, work for them, learn what they do for some sweat equity and put some money in the deal.

Good options are seller financing a MFH or lease option to purchase, these are common now with higher rates but sweat equity blows the rates away anyway.