My partner and I are in the midst of low budget marketing including bandit signs, will be driving for dollars and posting notices on door steps but was wondering how long did it take you to get your first deal?  

I would have also suggested costar, but since the budget is 100k, the cost might eat into several percent of that figure..

We were over-budget on labor.

I will budget for caring cost during renovation.  

We were recently asked at a local REIA how much we spend on our marketing budget to generate seller leads due to the fact we are able to bring in so many off-market deals each week.  

. $22,000 was my entire budget for the whole project.

Can't fault anyone on doing what's right for their budget. 

.- budgets, forecasting and cash flow and the list goes on. 

starting up trying to find deals on a shoe string budget

I just recently received my masters and started working as a government contractor, doing program management and budget work for Dept of the Army.