Is it worth it or do you just leave the flip bare and sell it?

@Vitaliy MerkulovThe CA law regarding what is and is not brokerage activities starts here:http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_disp...

One of the main points I talked a little of my personal life is the possible things you might face in the future and try to be ready for anything that happens.  

When you use OPM, you play by whatever rules are thrown at you....They don't need anything from you, but you need everything from them; mainly a commitment by Wed.Missed opportunity to go in, sit down, and have a nice face to face with the President of a bank who could loan you lots of money in the future.

@Richard PlackThe purchase as your first rental seems reasonable on the face of it.

Most of all use your lunch times to meet with anyone who is willing: other agents who may own investments, the smaller local lenders who you may someday need to get financing through yourself, or who your "barely qualified buyer of a flip" may need, follow inspectors on-site and learn about what can go wrong on properties before 1978, learn what can go wrong in new construction.  

I have a couple of general newbie questions I was hoping someone could help with:When viewing duplex listings on sites like Zillow, some of the listings are obviously tenantless, as the pictures show bare rooms with no furniture, but some listings show fully-furnished rooms.  

The house is 3 level but the basement is not finished, it has a walk-out, electricity and AC, plumbing rough-in for full bathroom - in fact it used to be a fully finished basement but everything was told bare due to water damage a few years back.

My original plan was to save up 100K (pretty much the bare minimum you need to buy property with 20% down in my city)  for a 2 or 3 bedroom and "house hack" it.

After starting repairing a house, I realized that I should have negotiated harder because the repair cost was going up and up and facing with unexpected inspection issues and other issues with a un-trustful contractor.