I COULD go get a loan right now from a hard money lender, go buy a house that I HOPE will sell, fix it up with some elbow grease and the use of contractors, and sell it.ORRRRRRRRRI could be smart (Trust me, I want to just do option A) and I could be the pupil of a seasoned flipper, learn the language, meet contacts, and absorb every bit of information they give me inexpensively with the exception of valueable information.It might not be making me money right now, and I may still be an average 19 year old while learning how to play the amazing game of real estate.

We use the Kwikset smart keys so they are easy to change out between tenants.

A smart contractor is using his own funds to invest , not providing an interest free loan to the customer . 

All of my analysis so far points towards this being a money losing venture, but I am sure some of you are smart enough to make it work.

You just have to buy smart and carefully do your homework.

@Marty Johnston smart man!

I have also noticed that the buy and hold investors are smarting up and are turning away from the turn-key market, they are finding additional buying power and leverage by becoming part time clip-board rehabbers.

Smart investors can recognise the signs of cycles.

My credit score is sitting right around 605 and not sure if its smart to get a conventional mortgage or use private money to finance.

As long as you can stomach a downturn, have cash reserves, etc. it's a smart play.