I graduated in 2012 with my ASA in Interior Design, I am not licensed but I've worked with a few designers in SF, and selectively on my own staging homes or commercial spaces.

I am also in the newbie stage, but direct mail seems to be the most effective way to find leads.

I Always stick with neutral colors, its opens the home out and with staging, it looks bigger then it would have if it had dark colors. 

When a price is excessively low, like in this case if the lien is in first position, then the low price should be a red flag that something is wrong and you should look for that defect and ensure you can deal with it.  

Hello BP,So I am at the stage of looking to repair/renovate my family house. 

I understand and I’m just in the preliminary stage at this point and looking for some general numbers to see if they pencil out before I go farther.

(Not looking to invest out of state, yet.)I know that I am in the beginning stages of my career, both in RE and my job.

But I would like to hear from seasoned veterans who have perhaps dozens if not tens of dozens of flips going at once; what is the natural progression of house flipping once you move past the mom and pop stage?

Seem like you are definitely well within the planning stages and I know that if you want it bad enough it will come to you.

Being conservative at that stage ensures you've got padding to find profits and have exits, should you need them.It's very possible to get a lot of good advice and a little bad advice from someone, of course.