Also blogging is great I see Mr Mustache just sold out for $9million for a blog with 500 articles on how to become wealthy.For us we just woke up one day after years of blood, sweat & busting our azzes building our property portfolio.

So what I’m hearing from you guys is to look at the bright side of the gains on a flipping business and don’t sweat the taxes, just get more efficient with the flips to make more 50%s.

What hasn't changed over the years is that construction costs just keep going up, so you can very likely save money if you put in sweat equity. 

To avoid sending your risk into completely off the chart, crazy territory, you're going to have to put in sweat equity yourself with direct investment, versus passive so that you can work for that extra return.

You can reach the 1% rule fairly easily and maybe get up to 1.25% and maybe close to 1.5% if you're looking to buy a bit of a project (older property) that has some sweat equity. 

Pay with "sweat equity", provide them with value.

If my partner wasn’t so averse to moving regularly I’d be moving from building to building and creating sweat equity as I went along.

- Do I suck it up and find a home that needs slightly more rehab than I initially wanted (I have minimal to no experience with this) and build sweat equity and learn, extending my initial timeline? 

I'm about 16 months out from Skillbridge, so I'm not sweating it as much, but I don't want to switch brokerages at this point.

In addition, clearing the land exposes it to winds and removes the roots that hold up adjoining tree; in the winter storms, this could send a massive tree crashing down on my property, potentially destroying the cabin that I've spent the last year rehabbing with my own sweat equity.