The bank protects you by disbursing payments to the contractor ONLY when certain milestones in the project have been reached.If you're looking to pay for the rehab out of pocket AND want to manage the project yourself, J Scott's books provide a great manual.

Is it because you makes lots of money and want to invest the money into a relatively secure asset that will appreciate, pays you dividend and provide tax benefit?

Things I've got down to minimal effort or fully automated: * Rent, security deposit, and fee collection* Basic accounting and tax packet creation* Listing vacancies* Lease signing* Applications, credit, and background checksThings I'm still dealing with directly ad-hoc or don't have a well defined process or solution in place for:* Requests and communication with tenants* Finding and coordinating service providers for maintenance and repair work* Scheduling showings and getting prospective tenants to make their appointments* Tenant turnover for move in and out* Keeping up with legal changes and lease template updates* Setting rent amounts* Lease enforcement - tenants are responsible for things like yardwork, routinely get letters from the city about weeds / tall grass, etc.Questions for the group:* What am I missing if I were to make out a checklist of an "automated property"?

Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated! 

In regards to that impact on society, it's going to be imperative to function.

So your buyers would need you to provide financing.When we moved this home it cost about $10k, that was a few years ago.

Our commitment to providing necessary resources enabled Emmanuel and Angela Stanfildis to focus on the renovation and sale, ultimately achieving a profitable outcome.

If you can provide a little more information about why it is your calling leads dead? 

Happy to provide more details if you'd like to connect through direct message. 

I don't think an MBA is required for me specifically to be successful but with where I'm at and where my sanity is maintained, I think it will provide a good deal of benefit over cost of acquisition.