I bought my first place in San Diego in 2004 - took a huge dive, but held on for dear life, and now we have a VA loan on our Carlsbad home that we purchased for 960, and is probably worth around 1.5MM.  

While diving for deals I stumbled across an investor who was offloading his properties.

Any tips on pressing this a bit deeper?

Pick a town or two in NJ within an hour or so and dive in.

Digging in a bit deeper the only extraneous fees I see are:Lender fee/points = $1,419Settlement statment = $600 (this is usually 150-250 in my market, so it's possibl 600 is a locally normal rate, but dang)The taxes and insurance are controlled by dat gov'ment and you, respectively. 

In my opinion it is risky to dive in all at once for the learning aspect as well as not averaging out your purchase price or "buy-in" basis.

So, let’s dive in to see the 3 unbelievable advantages of putting your money in multifamily syndication:It’s a Truly Passive IncomeA lot of people think that investing in real estate will be a lot of work.

On a side note just sitting down and asking myself and answering the questions you’ve suggested definitely cleared up the path a little and helped dig a little deeper into all that go along with each type of investing.

I'll definitely read deeper into the links you've provided.

My private lender wants much deeper look at my flip funding request.Tools here are cute...but I need to go through the minutia details for a truly full scope of all steps.Hoping someone can point to a comprehensive guide or even better spreadsheet that covers....ALL costs..through all stages.My private lender already is convinced there is not enough lift in my ARV...and will make little to no profit yet I'm willing to waste 8 months on a project he already knows won't have the profits to justify the all cash risk of purchase.