We have the philosophy of splitting the financial impacts with the tenants, especially if they are great tenants.I'd start listing it six weeks before the anticipated available date.  

My father-in-law did help us by going to the house when contractors needed in and by painting the exterior at a steep discount, otherwise we relied completely on me phoning people from the other side of the world to get things done.Like many first-time flips, we underestimated our costs a bit...though honestly, I could have come in close to budget but we did a bit more finish work than anticipated as our realtor thought we could get more than 85000 out of the property.  

Might it be a mistake to purchase a property with plans to brrrr if you anticipate a market decline?

As for expenses, you should anticipate 40-50%.

The only reason to deleverage is an anticipation of correction in the market assuming you are unable to hold through the correction cycle.

I am anticipating interest rates going up and want the money keeping up with inflation.What are some options for structuring this if the preference is not to own out of state property?

He seems to be an honest and competent person, which is a differentiator from some of the other real estate professionals in our market.Do you anticipate having onsite management at the property?

Probably it is anticipated to be more profitable.

As for the second point, a better option is to just buy a better discount in the summer in anticipation for selling in the winter...

Also, because we own our own properties, we've been anticipating future repairs and doing them a little early, to the extend that our repairs and capex was 40% of gross income some a couple of years.