Are you referencing cash on cash return?

Doesn't matter if you talking cash-flow or profitable flips.

I have about $300 on my credit cards (just finally paid them off for the most part, and have about $20,000 limit).My cash on hand is relatively light, but what my plan was was to find some single family homes in the north Detroit area (currently anywhere from $40-$60k and put about $15-20k tops into any repairs or fixes (not looking for total rehabs, mostly something I can do some small repairs here and there and paint, personally I am knowledgeable about renovating up until complex electric and plumbing).

Are you looking for cash flow, safe neighborhood or bringing a property out of the abyss to perfection?  

Purchase price: $12,500 Cash invested: $130,000 Sale price: $204,900 Purchased home and completed a complete renovation of the property.

I will add we took out a loan to buy the home for 20k along with extra cash to put into our home to make a "home office" out of the attached garage we never used except for storage so we added even more value to our 156k purchase.

You could consider doing a cash out refinance of your current primary as an investment property with a dscr loan.From there get a low cost or zero down loan for your Primary.Use the proceeds left from the refinance to get your next property.There are so many different strategies.

Consider the following: - renovation cost, monthly expenses, potential rental income, cash flow, return on investment6.

Given your expertise as a contractor, you might find an investor willing to fund the rehab in exchange for a profit share or interest on the loan.Cash-Out Refinance:If you own other investment properties, consider a cash-out refinance to pull equity from those properties to fund the rehab.I work for Aslan Home Lending and we have a HUGE variety of loan products, including the ones mentioned above.

One to continue my business out of, and the other to retain for cash flow.