Most appraiser and lenders do a 2 year look back and are sensitive to large price swings in less than two years so this strategy is typically a 3 year plus investment. 

We closed a week later for $39k, which included a '98 Camaro convertible and '85 Honda CB 750 Custom and the contents of the house, and I ended up trading all of the extra stuff in exchange for work on the house.  

It was just traded in at 113K miles and they wanted $7900. 

The price different between a 3/2 rowhouse non rehabbed in Petworth will be about $450k, and a fully rehabbed version will be $650-$775k.Both of these are examples within the same metro area and can show you how these things can have huge swings in just a 10 mile difference.  

Electrical is a great skill Brian... as you know the mechanical trades are often the most costly on any project.  

And there are millions of buyers and sellers trading the same item.

You are using the property for productive use in business trade or investment.  

If you must market on the cheap, and you've studied your real estate basics already, then you'll need to trade time, gas and shoe leather for a house with equity.You do know what to do with one when you get a prospect who's eager to sell, don't you?

There are lots of great people to network with, trade deals with and share ideas with.

That is just pot, not the auxiliary businesses (security, trades, grow stores, etc).