I'm not a contractor and don't do anything structural, but I would consider my brother in law and myself - experts at tile, kitchen, flooring renovations. 

I recently paid $50K for access to a “tribe” where I, as a complete newb with no relevant industry experience at all, was taught to stand up a webpage touting the benefits of multifamily and then come and start posting here.I was taught to attempt to attract money from people like you who have recently come into a large pile of wealth and have no plan whatsoever.What I will do is take your money, and give it to this random other person in my $50K mentorship program who also has basically no experience raising and deploying capital.When I give them $100K I have raised from you, I will be given a 10% finders fee of $10K.

I don't plan on leveraging my dad at this point since we wont qualify for an fha loan if he is on the contract, so I heard.

If you are planning to contact sellers directly, Deal Machine is very good and very economical in pricing. 

From there you can create a plan using steps that will get you there.

Engaged a real estate agent and visited five properties, with plans to submit an offer on one today5.

Don't forget we're talking about a startup plan and for this member, he was already stating Baytown as an "upcoming" area because of his own research or information withheld, because it is not a bad area to start your portfolio.

The lender probably pulled one line and your credit card company is not reporting to that credit reporting company.Some things you should know if you plan on using banks for mortgages.

Make a plan and work it.

I have been doing Carpentry since 18 years old and have lots of experience Framing, as well as flooring installation, and as Finished Carpentry.