Then fix them up with the help of your money person, and pay him off for his investment (or partner with him on them possibly).  

you really want to stick to 65% max ARV . 70% is very tight and after closing costs and interest on the way in and costs on the way out there may be nothing left . if something is off during the project could easily go in the minus 

All paid off.

You take the $125k you’ll have left after paying off $40k and put it in a 12 month CD.

You have maybe one in Waterbury and one Bridgeport off Barnum. 

Private money should be based off of the relationships you establish, therefore anything is possible.

In the next 5-10 years could AI cause a major disruption in the economy due to mass workers being laid off?

At least with the S&P the dead companies fall off but overall RE keeps the underperforming in the mix.If one is high income then just throwing cash at the stock market over the long haul a nice way to go.

Anything less is truly not cash-flow.You want to not buy based off just intrinsic or cash-flow centric but the qualities of the property and the area.

I pay off principle of the mortgage around 13-14K a year and expect it to be an amazing long-term, cash flowing rental.