I'm up and in the gym by 5, home and showered by 6:30, make breakfast and send my wife off to work by 7:15, then I knock out my menial tasks (email/voicemail follow ups, etc.) and by 8 or so I'm ready to do whatever it is I need.  

Maybe a modular company could knock out the shells on the trailer chassis units.   

Our combined student loan debt is hovering around 250k with avg interest of 6%Avg household income is around 130kCurrently house hacking- breaking evenThe issue is, if we concentrate on paying the student loans first (gazelle intensity) we'd be able to knock out the loans in about 4-5 years.

@Michael Woodward  I have not done C H since 06 or so.. but I did volume like Brian did here in PDX.. its uber competitive in certain markets IE as @David W. states there will be a very few who dominate and buy the majority of the sales.. they will even bid up property to make no money if they know it will knock out a newbie.

I know its nice to buy occupied because income is immediate, but it almost seems easier to buy vacant and just be able to knock out your rehab without the headache.Any advice or strategy?

CM I feel like I can knock out in 2 years or less and from there find a rookie job under a developer hopefully.

ARV = $220,000- $180,000Listed at = $99,900Projected offer price = $85,000Estimated Rehab $60,000 - $50,000Holding Costs = $11,000Realtor, Closing = $19,900Estimated After-Tax Profit = $22,000PROs:Brand New HVAC system with ducting installedBrand New thermo windows installed throughoutBeautiful hard wood floors on the first floor (need refinishing)Tall ceilings (has a drop down ceiling right now though)CONS:Only 1 Bathroom on 2nd floor, going to add a half-bath on first floorHas drop down ceiling on first floor and plaster walls Kitchen needs to be completely reconfigured and floor leveledI want to knock out a wall between the kitchen and dining room and make a kitchen with an island and either quartz or granite countertops.  

If you knock out the wall, opening it to the living room, what is going to happen to the stove?

The properties I am interested are so cheap that the settlement charges are nearly as much as the mortgage down payment and I was hoping to at at least knock out the cost of paying an agent.

I think it's a smart idea to knock out those student loans fast.