Repair Estimation/Budgeting - Ability to create detailed Scopes of Work & repair costs budgetsBudget Tracking - Ability to track your actual expenses against your initial budgetScheduling - Ability to create a project plan & track project progressChecklists/To Dos - Ability to track daily to-dos and checklists of items that need to be completedCalendars - Ideally all of your Schedules & To-Dos feed into a Calendar that you can use to manage all of your projects in one location.Document Management - Place to store project documents and photosHere are some Project Management tools that you might consider: Trello/Asana/Zoho Projects/Basecamp - General project management software that includes tasks, Gantt scheduling, calendars, project forums, document storage & team collaboration tools. 

Non-QM is a great alternative especially for turnkey rental or even a FixnRent to Permanent Hold solution with really competitive interest rate close traditional rates but slightly higher. 

House needs about $45k for a remodel for us to be comfortable with the move.Location of property: MinnesotaPurpose of financing: PurchaseType of financing sought: traditional mortgage - but seller has offered to finance up to 5 years. 

Obviously I called the contractor and he said he didn’t see nor take nor misplaced item.

While it may not lead to your next home, it does give you an idea of what homes are like in the area and what you can expect to get for your money.The standard real estate fees for RedFin are lower than traditional agents.

However, depending on your Contingencies you may be able to position those items back in via addendum.

Based on our purchase price, even if we remove all items from the property including the existing mobile home, we would still be safe based on lot value and could sell it as is via cash, seller finance or even place another repo mobile home on the property and rent or seller finance for significantly more than we have in it.

Most items do degrade over time, such as a roof or HVAC system.

Because that's still their lease and the lease you are taking over, even if they are month-to-month.For example, on a month-to-month tenant, I can serve a 30-Day Notice to change an item(s) on our lease. 

You may be better off using traditional financing unless the condition of the property prohibits this.Otherwise as others have suggested, you may want to consider wholesaling to bankroll your first investment.I'm a local agent in LV, and I'm also an investor, so please let me know if you want any additional insight.