Parents have showered their children with everything while the whole time doing them a terrible disservice.

Not much point in having a screening policy in that case.Family and friends will always be a terrible idea regardless of whether others have had a good experience or not.

Glue down will follow the uneven floor and look terrible, Snap on without leveling will leave voids that move under foot.

The project was financed completely through my family for which I paid 8% APY when the house sold.Purchase price - $10,000 (got a great deal because of family and it was in terrible shape)Rehab costs - $65,575This was the cost for gutting most of the house and upgrading fixtures.

Appraisers are terrible at their job. 99% of the time my appraisal will come in at whatever my purchase price is.

The units/ buildings were in terrible shape and it was no wonder he could not get better in...

Ok, I know that was terrible.  

I originally wanted to get into rentals first but my husband was scared of the terrible tenants so we changed to looking for flips. 

Wait until the talking heads of TV - who never know anything about real estate - tell you it's a terrible time to buy, because prices are low!  

But if there is a need to have a cosmetic renovation of 2000 till 5000 at each end of tenancy, this seems quite a terrible investment.