The fact that all of us, each and every one of us collaborating, supporting, counseling, mentoring, advising each other . . .We will outlast the Courts, Wall Street, the Government. . .We are the modern day gladiators, we are ENTREPRENEURS!

For me it is a combination of the two.Homedepot:For paint I use Kilz Pro-X dead flat, all fans and light fixtures, all plumbing(bigger selection)Lowes:I use there tile and backspalsh.

I don't think it's a terrible idea, but I'd say - if possible - combine the two into one by purchasing a duplex or triplex or quad!

I started out flipping a few years ago to grow enough capital to branch out and combine several strategies.

Interestingly, I just sent out the third letters to the first group and the third letters have netted more call backs and appointments than the first two combined.

Not likely to happen on a property with a $350K value.If your mother doesn't qualify for a loan to buy out her sister, then perhaps the two of you could do an offer that combines some cash and a seller carry back.

My gut tells me that as we grow-up to larger (8,12,16+ unit) properties things will become more business like and familiar.3) Contractors ... let's just say, your average contractor in this industry is much different than in the software / IT sector.We funded this real estate "startup" using an investment from our software company and, to date, our acquisitions have all been financed through a combination of our own funds and conventional lending.

So lets just pretend that I found a property for 1.0 million (for ease of the example) and had a combination of 30% private money and 70% hard money already lined up.

Modern openers use rolling codes.I have over 15 Chamberlain units in service, they are fine for the price.

Usually when building capital, it is a combination of steady savings and some other unplanned/unexpected financial windfall that we use for investing rather than a new big screen or whatever the average person does with it.