Doors are cheap....check out habitat for humanity re-store, the one here has tons of hardwood raised panel doors and you can trim many of them out to size.

You could do a few things:Make them pay hefty points up front, charge more for the home, charge a monthly/annual loan servicing fee.Also, there are some services out there that offer products similar to this with risk sharing, also many cities have Habitat 4 Humanity (or similar) when they work with a family, their terms are no-interest (In all of the localities that I have worked with them, at least).

You can always get a human on the phone right away that is right here in Jersey.

An appraisal is generated by a human.... humans have opinions, biases, make mistakes, don't care, get busy, etc etc.... could be lower, higher or what you expected. 

However, 90% of the people on BP will never take action, as quoted by Brandon Turner himself.It is human nature to doubt what you can get for free, while placing high emphasis on seminars, courses, tapes, books, etc., while getting charged thousands.Thus, when you are scammed out of thousands........you would have learned a valuable lesson and will remember for life.Terry

But human nature and self discipline comes into play here. 

(Took us 2 years of trying to get that first deal, too... got in right when prices were soaring and we were getting bid out by 30 all-cash offers, etc..)Outside of real estate, I'm a Ph.D. student at UCLA, working with big data in human genetics.

@Mindy JensenI appreciate the response and I guess that is precisely where I need to start because all of the things that you did mention such as credit and income are things that I do not have at the moment as a college student but thank for the input so that I can at least have an idea of where to start because it literally seemed absurd to just walk into a bank at the age of 19 with no income and no credit, asking for a loan. 

People are out there paying absurd amounts for properties, so it's tough to find a good deal at a solid cap rate.

Have a great life to all who took time out of your life to comment on something you have nothing to do with. lol Humans man I tell ya!