Like @Summer Segeleon said, 'Rehab Addict' will give you some great tips on restoring old homes cost effectively definitely check that out.

I had a 620 credit score before this collection settlement Im hoping this doesn't negatively effect my score even more. in hindsight I guess I should of asked this before I settled on the debt but it was driving me crazy.

I would seek others, like you are doing here, who have experience with the training and get their feed back on the training's effectiveness and value?

@Mark Langdon k, When is the next meeting for that group in Summit, I would definitely like to attend as I believe strongly in networking and personal relationships as the most effective way of learning and growing in business or any other endeavor.

Anyway, Kohler's book may help clarify how some of these legitimate strategies could help you solve the overall problem of cash flow and your personal balance sheet.Don't think of it as rent vs buy, think of it as all the possibly ways to use, manage, leverage, and conserve your resources employing your current assets and effective proven tax strategies (not scams but conservative real options for savings).

Handing out flyers or putting adds on your website soliciting money, is not only probably not very effective, it may put you under the scrutiny of securities regulators.If you are looking for hard money lenders, they are not hard to find, just ask around.

Meet w/ him, they may be able to do a letter to the effect of what could be done in an instance of total damage, not cause by you.

This will effectively make you $25-$35K and allow you to keep the property and rent it out.

Homes from Shelter-Kit seem especially cost-effective for the owner/builder who is able to do much of the finish work themselves.Now, I know that these building projects often end up costing a lot more than anticipated at first.

But if it appraises by even 1%, that's an extray $1,000 in equity, bringing my effective return to 10% ($1,000 cash flow and $1,000 appreciation), also, if I amortize it over 15years, I could have another $2,000 paid down in principal (just using a round guestimated number) putting me at $4,000 added in wealthy with $20k put down, giving me a 20% return, effectively.Am I looking at this correctly?