Obviously the reality is all over the map, but I am finding this to be doable (on paper at least).Now, I am not an expert, but it seems that almost all "Make Money in Real Estate" books, and this website, are geared towards folks that don't have $500k burning a hole in their pockets... so there's not a lot of conversation on this topic...

Both can burn you if they don't function properly, you can feel the heat from a camp fire and avoid it, but the damage from a microwave may not be felt until the damage has been done, your mistakes can surface later on without realizing what you did wrong. 

Two year burn-out rate for new agents is like 75%, if she can make it that far she's probably good.Some agent needs to pop into this thread and tell you how horrible it is getting started as a new agent.

Scared little investors with a little equity burning a hole in their pocket. 

Let's just go straight medieval on them and burn them at the stake:How dare they miss something?  

They are basically rushing the close...I am OK with that because in my eyes, the faster we close the earlier i can start burning up time to the 90 day Deed restriction.My advice is if your an investor and the property seems like a "normal" flip (standard renovation/rehab, nothing to crazy) go in at your best price and leave it at that (depending on how they price is, sometimes it's priced to sell sometimes they are priced to SIT).

This is most likely to happen if you do not have 6-12 months of living expenses sitting liquid and ready to be used.Know that the 2 year burn out rate is probably north of 75%.

However, I want to vet as much as possible digitally before I start committing to burning some jet fuel.

You burn a lot of fuel getting off the ground, but once you are at altitude, you can throttle back and enjoy the ride.  

@Nick Burns  Personally I would just set it up as a 30 year amortization and pay extra toward principal each month if you have extra that month.