I have been toying with the idea of the hybrid flip model (flip to buy and hold) versus my current approach of buy, renovate, refi for next down payment and hold.

If you have a small budget you probably have to be in it for the long haul and know it's going to be slow.  

You may not get the deal at hand, but if you are in it for the long haul, a sustained campaign can yield a reservoir of referral leads. 

Today, I was toying around with ListSource for the first time.

However when i morphed into buying timber rights timber land and then fix up houses in mass.you talk about a tough sell was those timber owners.. usually 2 to 3 generations living on the land.. they were in LOVE with their timber.letting someone come in and mow it down and haul it off was an auto NO way.. so we developed the siding salesmen or Roof salesmen pitch with these folks.. 

Charter a ship to haul your wares across the ocean.

There *are* tons of agents with 0 skills & no judgement that would gladly be your toy for a few weeks/months.

With few exceptions hauling and demo are my main costs for my non-rehab resales.

Some of them just need a trash haul or painted, etc.  

There was crap everywhere and the smell that hit you the moment you walked in was enough to make my contractor walk right back out, almost about to throw up.I know you’re supposed to buy properties in bad shape, but this was REAL bad.Mistake #8: Not accounting for tossing out the junk in my costs Extra labor and three pulls on a 40 yard roll-off dumpster was needed to haul off all the junk that was left behind in the house.What I Learned – Account for hoarder houses in rehab costsI connected with my local REIA, and there was another investor who owns his own rentals and was helping manage a rehab for someone else.