I borrowed the money from a private individual at a ridiculous interest rate.

I get trying to maintain minimum standards but we are getting lesser (but guaranteed) rent and have to be subjected to ridiculous annual inspections and then reinspections.

@Deisy P.I’m in your position and I have had contractors give me ridiculous quotes for a SOW that will take 1-2 days to complete.

I've read the success stories about so and so buying a house for $100,000 and renting out 3 units to complete the perfect cash flow of $400-600 per month.

However, how would one do such a thing with a similar...

It's ridiculous.. but check your contract, there is a probably a minimum you will be charged, likely  1/4- 1/2 their hourly rate per email.  

I just finished their book and it makes a lot of sense, some good information there, but one major question I had throughout the book… The numbers that they give, for example seem ridiculously low ($80k to purchase a property?)

If you look for the topic "How Low Can You Go", I think you'll find that some of the investors here have bought houses for ridiculously low prices (like $2,000) and one person even got a house for free - showoff!

There is a ridiculous amount of inventory and you are fighting price wars against people who bought their homes for $125k 10 years ago and can rent out a 4/3 with a pool for $99/ night.

This post is ridiculous.

The population is of a smaller city, around 7000 right now, but that growth is ridiculous.