My tip for you right out of the gate would be to get educated. 60K is a lot of money, but if that dries up in one deal, then what happens?

Before bed, the dishes should be washed, stored and the counters wiped dry, close off the drain with the stopper and spray entry points with smelly disinfectant (roaches hate this).

Note that it required sanding, cleaning, then one coat that dried over night and another coat.

There's a tenant in place paying $1,200 a month, and the following information in the MLS looked pretty good to me:"Un-Finished Attic Basement stonewall/brick foundation 50 gal hot water heater New Efficient Goodman gas fired furnace Walk out doors fuse box electricity, laundry connections, basement dry & clean New Furnace, New Soffets New Sewer Pipes New Heating Ducts New Hot water heater New Sidewalk near the house New Electrical service New Windows Slate roof, new separate gas & electric meters"My question is whether this deal would make sense for someone looking to get started in Real Estate.

I bought a condo 2.5 years ago for 160k, rents for $1400....cash flows about 350/month.... they are now selling for 260k and up.... with the HOA that's about $1500/month in payments..... and the rents aren't going to support that if you want cash flow.... they aren't going to rent for $1700-1800/month any time soon.....My place in Lathrop....SFH...bought 4 years ago for 175k....values at around $350k now....rents for $1400...positive cash flow around 350/month....so again, the positive cash flow market around here has dried up a lot in the last 3 years.

Identity politics is a dry rotted wooden crutch.

Welcome to the forum and Real Estate investing, I was actually down in your neck of the woods last week, drove to Key West and Dry Tortugas. 

I have been in the crawl space and it is mostly dry.

if i steam clean the carpet for a tenant, I expect the same in return.Steam clean all the time.A dry vacuum is not gonna clean it well enough.

Is that budget monthly or a flat amount availlable till you are dried up?