Anyone have any efficient methods to reduce those costs?

Whatever the situation, you are likely looking for difficult situations where you can actually help solve a problem if you want to find good deals in this market.

Word of mouth referrals will probably get you a better contractor than other methods.

It doesn't solve every problem but if I can be professional and understand where they're coming from, it prevents things from devolving into nastiness. 

Once the house was rehabbed, we could list and sell (don’t think it would be difficult in this market).Once sold, I would pay back the loan for the construction costs, plus interest (depending on finance method).

Word of mouth referrals will probably get you a better contractor than other methods.

Hello everybody, i recently found out that South Carolina has recently passed a law that doesnt allow using public data for marketing purposes. my question is, what are people doing to get this info from a non public entity and what are some other methods that people use to get these types of lists.

I haven’t shared my lead gen methods and nor will I, but I figure if I could start my own team and pass on my leads to my team mates for a commission %, would the brokerage allow that?

For $15,000 renovation it is not good to exercise the BRRRR method because you have 2 sets of closing costs that can be mitigated if you have the funds to rehab the property.

I've considered that in Portland, with an average annual equity increase of 5-7%, even one years equity put back into the structure could potentially solve the problem.