Does anyone have any suggestions on funding deals that are below 25,000 with private funds?

chemical applications are really cheap maintenance if applied correctly.Renters wont take care of your place like you do.

I don't think someone should buy a cheap property in the middle of no where just because it meets the 2% rule.

I always say this...There is nothing more expensive than a cheap accountant. 

To add a frame over the existing mirror like that, it seemed a bit complicated and wasn't even that cheap.

And it's cheap to burn.

Many RE agents like to add them on to sales because they are cheap and effectively deceptive

And I would assume pool maintenance isn't cheap. 

Once you pass your RE test you can find brokerages to hang your license for relatively cheap, around $30 per month and keep all of your commission or even cheaper where you split some of your commission like you were alluding to in your post.Kelsy, good call on the REAPS.

Your cost, purchase price, closing costs (twice to buy and sell) you cost of improvements, your holding costs, financing expenses and taxes need to be looked at with your expected sale price to find the profit.Equity is not created by buying cheap, saying you made XX$ on a deal, that is guru accounting stuff, equity can only be shown within a year of your buying it by selling it, after a year, you can use its current market value or appraised value, that value less your costs will be the equity gained (or lost). :)