My advice would be to make sure you find free/inexpensive recreation and take advantage of it so you don't go nuts while you are cutting back to save.

When I'm "fat" (good cashflow) I'm inclined to look at acquiring High Appreciation/Low Cashflow properties.When I need cashflow I tend to look for Lower Appreciating/Positive Cashflow Real Estate.Then there's my decision to:Buy, Fix-up, Sell?

Wholesalers are an option but the "big" guys definitely tend to raise ARV and underestimate the rehab.

Construction tends to leave rooms at least an inch off in some places, so you end up with awkward gaps or the cabinet doesn't fit by half an inch in your space. 

People don't usually start this business in apartments so the people learning that kinda thing tend to be more experienced.

We tend to get better quality leads from there along with Craigslist.

They exist, but they tend to be available primarily to larger loans.  

Because you can not personally guarantee the loan, the rates tend to be a little higher.

I tend to leave off the questions about their monthly payments, and "what's the lowest you would accept."

Ok, so getting back on topic, since my original post over 3 years ago, I had since went to a seminar put on by these guys and paid the few hundred bucks to see what it was all about.In a nut shell, they are taking what is a simple idea, but a complex transaction filled with risk (that you need to know how to manage) and licensing requirements, packaging it up as an easy, anyone can do it, and selling it off for large profits.The facts are this, it is NOT easy for anyone to do this without violating a number of laws and regulations, it is not easy to manage the risk, and building the relationships they speak of is also not a simple or easy task.