Also keep in mind winterizing a house, while a good idea if your not going to heat it, does not guarantee that nothing will freeze.

What is your Guarantee?

And there's no substitute for experience when estimating these numbers.Does the company you spent all that money with offer a money back guarantee?  

I will guarantee that many successful investors do not carry heavy loads of personal debt such as CC and car loans, it doesn't make sense. 

The debt that is sold off the investors are guaranteed a specific return which is why the penalty is there.When a seller sells a new buyer can assume the loan for usually a 1% fee of loan balance.

First, you're limited to the max VA guarantee limit, which is determined why the cost of living in your area - this ranges from $417k (normal) to over $1M (SF Bay).

You personally cannot guarantee a loan the IRA is involved in.

@Stanley E.If the IRA is the borrower, then the loan must be non-recourse - meaning no personal guarantee from you.Such loans are only available from a handful of institutions.  

However, in my mind, if you could achieve a 20% discount on every buy, it would almost be guaranteed success.  

However, last minute cancels, last minute pretty much everything by these sorts of investors has prevented me from working with regular buyers/sellers - not that they guarantee a paycheck either but the odds are better anyway!