& track my job costs against each category so I can compare my budget vs actuals and calculate the variances.For example:Electrical Budget: $4,000Electrical Actual: $6,300Variance: +$2,300This process is more tedious because you have to breakdown each invoice or receipt and allocate the costs to each Category, but it really helps you understand where you are spending your money and why you went over budget.Otherwise, it sounds like you are having trouble measuring employee productivity?  

Spend some time talking to investors, asking for names, talk to a lot of banks.

He spend $3k fixing it up, rented it for $700, but lot rent was $300.

Along the same lines, the buyer who can barely qualify for the entry level SFH is acutely aware of their cash shortage and therefore are going to be less accepting of household features near the end of their useful life, even if still functional and have a stronger desire for anything that is listed as a deficiency on the inspection report to be corrected. 

How much did you wind up spending in attorney fees, etc?

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And then, whatever the seller was planning to spend, I'd have them pay that amount to me as an cash allowance at closing.

Would we be able to spend $1k in aquisition costs to get to that level?

It's good to hear others are having success, but I would check if it works in your area before you spend the $150.I don't know if this would apply to you, but some folks think that FF works similarly to AirBnB or Vrbo where they will push resident requests to you.  

Is it good idea to do this project spending about 10k now.