I was able to teach me kids how to do certain projects that we don't do often at our house (electrical, plumbing, etc).

Purchasing a personal home is a life style choice not a investment.

Also thank you for teaching me a new idiom:-) Having English as a second language makes me learn every day.

I will tell you thought that everyone has their own style to flipping a house so you will need to find what works for you.Consistency and patience are the number one skills required for this business.

(or, just someone else shares your name)You should look into going to @James Carlson 's happy hour seminar, wherein he teaches you the Denver airBNB rules.With a $45k down payment, you could put 20% down on a $225,000 residence....and look for one with airBNB potential "suite" area.Or, if you can qualify for bigger mortgage payments, put 3.5% down on an FHA loan and look at everything up to a $12k down payment on the ($417,000 maximum loan) property thats about $425,000.Since it would be your primary residence, it would be allowed in Denver to airBNB a portion of it.There are some duplexes and even tri and quad-plexes in the modest areas of Denver that would keep you around $400k (they are very competititive.....often sell in first 24 hours to "all cash" buyers).....you could house-hack and live in one unit and rent the others.

He is teaching me the basics, though of course, he is getting older now, and there is only so much he can do in the end of the day.

But rarely is the best checking/savings style bank the best mortgage lender.  

It was a program to teach Portuguese and international finance.

I don't feel like I've come close to answering all your questions, but a lot of what you're trying to solve for will really just come down to getting out there and starting to work on your first property -- nothing teaches like experience.

We teach craftsmanship and to take pride on who they are.