It's easy when you know how to properly make a contract and you hire someone who knows what they're doing.

The rule of thumb is that you make your money when you buy the house; in other words, it is imperative that you buy the property for the right price so that you can make your repairs and face obstacles and still come out ahead in next to all circumstances. 

Promissory note is easy!

FHA is strongly enforcing this rule.

Unsafe for human habitation can be, if someone stole the only sink in the house, which is an easy fix.

The easiest way in my opinion is to make the sale for the seller as easy as possible so he's inclined to sell it to you.

IN Toledo getting them sometime  in C+ neighborhoods without the need of section 8  her to getting 20 per cent easy

As a personal rule of thumb, I will only work with local lenders that I've seen around for more than 1 year and have had a face to face conversation with.

If you buy at $60,000, rehab $7,500 (worst case) then your total investment comes out to be $66,500.Rent it out for $850.Then, using the 1% rule, which I find very effective in showing me if I will make a profit comes out to  $850/$66,500 = 1.3%.   

Easy to fix.