FWIW, i expect life to be pretty busy the next year or two - with a newborn, a new job, and the requirement to pass some certification exams. - will having a PM be able to defray enough of the time to make this workable?

How do you two feel about your baby being exposed to the particulates and/or frequent, loud noises?

It is VERY baby step basis but baby step add up very quickly.

My last day on J O B was today - what a relief getting out that dead end was - now I can go FULL TIME BABY!

He just had a new baby in February (congrats Andy!)

With no plumbing, a newborn child, a wife and dog to feed I chose to change my future....and take a shower at my brother in law's house.

i dont really like bank loans and as you said earlier, i dont have very good chance of getting a loan from a bank since i am basically a newborn in this field.The rehabbing that house is needs is, Landscaping(which i will do it my own and maybe get some help from friends), it has wall holes, dog and cat smell, really crappy carpet which i am thinking to put hard wood floor or something like it, defiantly need painting, also need bathroom. to make it look new, i would have to fix pretty much everything. so i will visit the property next week, and get accurate numbers, and talk to the actual real estate agent to find the after rehabbing cost.

That's a whole other story, so I'll spare you the details, but in short, I am starting my own business in order to get the money to pay a lawyer to fight for the right of me and my babies to be with each other.

I prefer to renew the lease since I have a newborn baby and my wife is still not fully recovered.

I was originally planning to buy & hold and after doing a ton of research, I decided to switch to a fix and flip strategy and revisit buy and hold in a year or 2. The 2 deciding factors were my plan to move out of...