If multifamily, no and low money down by brandon turner is a great book.

Is it worth spending that kind of money to learn how the gator lending strategy work?

The other two options require spending money that is basically going out the door to lots of fees and expenses of exiting your current house and getting into a new one.If you were just looking to move, that is perhaps a different story… If your house isn’t working for you, for instance.

Such as deep clean, nonexistent items charged for and inflated prices for stocking. any chance I can get my money back?

They go where the money is, but eventually get back to me.

Or is it just better to find a hard money lender for a short term of about 1 year depending on the season period a traditional bank wants?

They normally run your personal credit report if I recall correctly unless you already accounts with them (I'm mostly sure)  That's why you can contact Chase for one of their ink business cards and say 'I think I'll make this much money' and i have a LLC or registered sole proprietor so please extend me some credit...however, I believe there are "true" corporate credit cards. 

Execute a 12 month lease where you can collect a security deposit and collect rent to cover the mortgage and some money towards maintenance.

Morning everyone,I just finished Brandon Turner's book, "The book on investing in real estate with no (and low) money down. 

There are still flood properties around the city that can be purchased cheap and have enough margin to make money.