Long story short, My Dad and I worked on the project in the evenings and weekends to add sweat equity, I lived there for 3 years and rented a room out for 2 of those years and sold it for a net 70k profit!

Great way to learn the basics and hear about various strategies and personal stories.  

BUT, Long story short, with my low income I am having trouble raising financing.

A little back story on me I moved across the country with a family, no money, and had prospective employment but that did not work out.

I first heard about Bigger Pockets when I was reading about the unfortunate situation where a squatter scammed a San Francisco rental (Cory Tschogl in 2014) and while reading further as the story was breaking the news, I found a forum in Bigger Pockets where the forum community was helping her go through the process.

I have been listening to BiggerPockets podcast for about two months; Joshua & Brandon and the guess have been more than inspiring to me.

Your story is very encouraging to everyone and it's good to hear that the BP community shares the success.Good luck on your journey to snagging #8.

Like I said in the original post, it's a LONG story spanning over a decade.  

What's your story?

If you look at the steps and criteria above, and treat what I wrote as a story problem, then substitute "math" language for "english" language, you will have your formula for checking out your market.I have my own formula I use, but it is based on what my market will offer, and isn't applicable to all markets universally.