Hi,I am new to Bigger Pockets, but have been following material on Youtube mostly.

Personal loan for the purchase price - the high-interest rate was built into the analysis.0% credit card offer for the materials - the offer is good for 14 months, if SHTF and I can't refinance, I can always take advantage of a balance transfer to another card to restart the clock for a few hundred bucks.Contractor in the family for labor & materials that he provided - I offered him 10% interest for anything he provides.

>>  I just looked at what I think is the property in question on Google Maps -- seems somewhat 'fish out of water," plopped right there on a street with nothing else going for it, and the vacant properties don't look like flip material.

do the labor yourself, second hand places for materials, borrow from a friend,...and max out credit cards.

Find a HML or Private Lender to bankroll a $50k property that may only need $10k of material and the rest is your sweat equity.  

Hey @Krizzio Washington,My exam was tied very closely to the materials in the course work. 

Around here we have second chance and a company called the "loading dock" that take donated building materials.

Check out the material cost on web sites like Home Depot.

Builders cited rising costs for materials and ongoing shortages of labor and lots.

Note- they purchased their lumber/materials before the cost 2x.