I ended up putting a new 3.5 ton heat pump in, and added flexible ducting underneath to add 3 floor registers to the addition.  

The industry has always been advertised as "no ceiling on your income" and "flexible hours" which can certainly hold true, but I can also attest to the fact that there's not a floor on your income either, and I find myself working many evening and weekends.

Really whatever the market/deal could give me, I would take (I will be much more flexible than a typ. 9-5 job while in grad school, and investing a lot of time in a short period to flip could work for me at this point in time).

Fools might be scared away by the lack of experience and out-of-state purchase.2) Hard-money- Expensive and probably challenging with no experience and out-of-state purchase.3) Local banks- Local banks can sometimes be more flexible than big national banks, but they like to put their money in deals in the their communities, not out-of-state.So unless you can find a friend or family member to do this one with you, you might want to go back to the drawing board.

I choose to do it online since it's less expensive AND gives you more flexibility.

Smaller banks and credit unions seem to have more flexibility when it comes to these options.  

Much more flexible than banks but not as expensive as HMLs.  

I currently work a very flexible 9-5 internship on the east side of Austin, living paycheck to paycheck.

@Chad UrbshottThe can be some flexibility in the repatriation of retained earnings if the U.S.A. entity is a child (100% owned) of a Canadian corporation. ...

It's way easier to build a relationship with your community bank and once they understand your business model they are more likely to overlook credit blemishes and provide much more lending flexibility.