I was thinking of creating an Excel document to keep track of them.

Which means, the people who may hire you to stage may be an excellent source into wholesaling, rentals, or flips.

I'm a wholesaler not a rehabber so have no credible opinion but I do have a buyer that after considering everything including soft costs and a 5% misc expense factor is content with the numbers showing a $25-35k profit.

My recommendations are going to be more difficult and specific than the above, but they will serve you well for life.Learn accounting - if your high school has a course, take it, if not, get a managerial accounting book and learn the basics.Learn MS Excel - there is not a single real estate investment that can't be modeled using MS Excel, and know how to use it well will put you light years ahead of your peers.These two action items alone will make a huge difference in your future.My last piece of advice would be to start changing the way that you think.

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You and your wife will find many people willing to help out on this site and tons of excellent information.

Initially, I learned entrepreneurship but due to my father's situation and my lack of credibility, I needed to raise capital somehow.

Best Of is huge.I love @Sharon Vornholt idea about REIA's, excellent place to pick up clients! 

When I bring an interested party in commercial to the listing broker or an off market seller your credibility is everything.

Ive known a few people in the area that have lived in a house with just electric baseboard and they were shell shocked by the Jan/Feb bills and didnt want to stay another winter.Have you called excel or whoever it is to see how bad the bills were the last couple years?