Feel free to DM me if you have additional questions.Good luck!

They won't realize that $350K without putting in at least an additional $100K in upgrades, in addition to the $30K I would have put into it.

FHA will likely have an issue because you currently have an FHA loan unless you can prove additional extenuating circumstances and it sounds like that won't be the case.Getting your dad to assume the FHA loan would have a lot of additional complexities.

Follow up: So I paid the $700 appraisal fee, and it took about an additional month overall, but the actual appraisal came it at $370k.

Happy to provide any additional detail.

In addition, I would recommend:Listening to the BP money podcast https://www.biggerpockets.com/moneyshowAttend your local REIA meetings to networkStart analyzing deals to get practiceEngage more on the BP forumsAll the best!

Additionally, you can charge the tenants for any damage done by the animal.

You will need to take additional risk and buy from places like auctions, HUD, Homepath, wholesalers, FSBO, drive-bys, Craigslist, etc. 

If you have positive cash flow on the property (and that's how it shows on your taxes too) Then you can use the cash flow as additional income to qualify for another loan.

Doesn't necessarily need to be something monetary but even the possibility of hiring them for your properties could be value.After a couple times of doing these, you'll have a better understanding of the process... but there will still be variables (labor, materials, your exit strategy also carries weight as well, whether you're going to fix-and-flip to a retail buyer or rent it out.)