Also, network with the experienced landlords in the area to figure out common trends in your market and help you run your numbers more accurately. 

Bottom line:  Your margins should be able to withstand a $10K error that would cover mechanicals.  

Got a great loan deal from a local bank with only 20% down.Raised rents across the board about 200/mo per unit.Put another 100k into the common areas and exterior and in the units.Property is easily worth 1.6M.The location is superb in the LIttle Havana Sub market that is super hot and south of 8th street all surrounded by mostly small SFH's.The great deals are out there and they are off market. 

Learning the ropes through trial and error, insight from a friend who has forged a trail, and now through BP. 

I KNOW that this is a profession that can help me to become become financially independent, but I do not know where to turn and I don't have much money nor can I afford to just blow money in the wind from error, so if you have a cheaper route for me to turn to it will be HIGHLY accepted and appreciated!

I'm sure we're all pretty familiar with the most common marketing campaigns used when trying to locate cash buyers.

We work with many Israeli clients and we have seen that the immediate and common response is that, we do things different here when it comes to contractual work and the way the transaction are secured. 

The very common post I find is, flippers can't find the right contractors, I am not understanding why that happens.

Well I am not really interested in doing a fix and flip becuase there isn't a lot of room for error, plus just getting into investing I feel isn't the place to start.

MIght try to engineer a common receptionist upstairs, if that is done these days.I have been focusing on repair issues and just early due diligence issues in the last week.