So here is the break down of my mailing criteria:With-in city limits35 to 100% equity950 -1800 sqftOwned property 4+ yearsBuilt between 1965-2011Absentee Owner Exclude trustee/corporateSo my total budget to get my marketing off the ground is a mere $200 but I plan on putting in a ton of sweat equity to help make up the lack of capitol.

If you make a couple of thousand (reasonable expectations) for your sweat equity that's fair.

Hard to tell from the pic. i took out everything down to the joists. the plywood was 3/8 and it broke in lots of places white removing the hardwood. so we put down 3/4 - good stuff and glued it down before screwing it. then put 3/4 solid hardwood on top.i also had to plane down the area where the joist meet since it was buckling and pushing the subfloor by about 1 inch at the wall. i did that myself and it took 6 hrs on my knees to do the 20+ joists.. i am not afraid of sweat equity. i need to change that asap!!

Now all he has is a $250k house that he put 20% down on, instead of a $430k house that he put sweat equity down on.

I have turned down bookings too far out if I think they leave an odd gap, but that makes you sweat a bit more for the next booking.

I still have plenty time left saving but when the time comes I’ll either be looking into conventional  loans, or some type of remodel loan to pay for the repairs of the property I am looking to fix up, because as far as I’ve seen so far it’s hard to find a good deal starting out unless you buy it as discounted as possible and put some sweat equity into it, let me know your thoughts on that ur possible.

Its the security blanket that lets me pay down the mortgage without sweating. 

In NELA it will bring in over $2k/mo, it cost $110k to build(sweat equity obviously).

Don't sweat the small stuff.It's not worth changing banks to earn an extra .2% on your savings acct or deal with the  junk mail to earn points or miles on a new little credit card. 

Also, since I am just starting out and my funds are low, I want to make it pretty cheap and put some sweat equity in it.