@Jimmy Ready as @George Blower mentioned, you can take advantage of both a Self-Directed IRA and your work 401(k). 

I'm a newbie getting ready to make my first purchase and trying to determine the pros/cons of HML, HELOC or using savings.

(unless of course you are ready for a battle and have a large amount of money to do so)2.

This way if it was more time consuming, we charge more, but at the very minimum, a $150 fee will be charged.When factoring the cost, make sure that it covers the minimum time just to make it worth it to someone to do the work. 

I've done some deep research in both Gloucester City and Camden City as long term buy and hold markets but I'm not quite ready to commit to those areas.

I had my team assembled and ready to go before I ever put in my first offer. 

Show him, hey this might be worth 300k after its ready to go, but it'll take me 100k to get it ready, add on my holding costs, closings, and a little profit for my effort and this (insert $$) is what I can offer.

Are you looking for distressed properties to rehab or rental ready properties? 

We will not be able to have the work done for two weeks or so but the house is ready to be shown any day now. 

I plan to tap our equity in our home to get started when we are ready.