I guess my biggest questions are: How can I raise the ARV and how can I best attract a lender that will lend for my retail flips within this community?

My biggest question is how you overcome the fear of making the leap into investing?

I think at this moment my biggest fear is not finding a buyer for a property.

I would have started with something smaller but the opportunity presented itself and I jumped at it.Furnishing:The biggest items on the list were 3 brand new mattresses from IKEA at approx $300 each.- 1 nice second hand sofa for $400.

Period.To be successful you have to put away the distractions and. the shiny objects and focus on what I teach you, The biggest thing is negotiating with the seller about a win-win dealif you are BP junkie and you have to read everything 24 7, you're not ready for coaching.Laser focus is required.If you do it my way, you pay one coaching fee for  one year and keep 100  percent of your profits.

My biggest advice is location, location, location.

That's the biggest difference between those who are successful in this business and those who never get past square one.

Than your biggest issue is renting a place where the tenants will pay for their own heat.

My biggest success in REI is purchase of  1 bedroom condo for 30k cash that brings in $750 a mo rent and is now worth near 80k.  

These are some Wealth Creation Strategies that the Ultra Wealthy employ all the time as their biggest concern is Wealth Preservation.I know this was a 30k foot overview of the possibilities but like I mentioned, it would take a very long post including charts and narrative to go over the "fun" and being honest probably way beyond the scope of this forum.Get with a strong Attorney, Estate Planner and CPA to put the game-plan in action.