Start small, ensure your numbers (purchase + rehab + holding + selling costs) leave room for profit, and build a reliable team (contractor, agent, lender).For financing, work with lenders who specialize in fix-and-flips. 

The model won't be perfect, but should be a very helpful decision maker for when you can safely leave your W2 and establish your budget going forward.

This leaves rehab costs, number one, and ARV, which is where the skill comes in.Estimating today's ARV is fairly straightforward.

This deal was brought to us by our relator and was also a civilian that worked on base that was leaving the area.

My PM is leaving the area and I need to hire a new one.

Only other initial question I'll leave here is that I'm looking for REI mentors and hope to find a few on BP willing to share a few gold nuggets to those willing to slog it out in the mines the smart or hard way.

Combined with the changing regulations following the NAR settlement, many real estate agents are leaving the industry.

You can also leave in place.

Regrettably, after eight protracted months, my case was converted to Chapter 7 due to insufficient equity.Ironically, the trustee swiftly secured a buyer for all the properties that were to be sold to STOA/FlipOS—this buyer being Farraway SG, the same entity that acquired the loans held by STOA USA during a time when they were laying off employees and leaving us in a difficult position.STOA never officially filed bankruptcy.

Agreed that leaving money in the deal is ok.