My father is the head of the painter apprenticeship at the IUPAT District Council 51 I’ve painted plenty of times !

I love how these new "terms" crop up to essentially describe something that's existed forever (subletting).

I've had my fill of demo.Part of me wonders if doing a little wholesaling/making a little quick cash might help me make this transition (essentially, if I have a little slush fund I can use this to hire out without guilt).

@Chris Roche you already have a good suggestion above but the essential thing here is that you need a different lender.  

My understanding is that essentially investors can write passive income they receive from funds/syndications off as a loss so that they don’t have to pay any taxes on it.

@Kristen OMeallyYou're better off in the District to be honest.  

I think estimating  these rehabs, which is essential to the mathematics of determining a proper price to offer your distressed seller and a big reason wholesalers get a bad rep, for a reasonable cost could make or break the beginning wholesaler.

If you want to see why, just run a cheap 50k SFR and a nice 150K SFR with good school district through the BP calculators and see what happens at 5, 10, 15 years!

I've got a "special deal" since i'm an experience RE agent and not only know the basics already but can negotiate..lol...Some people have no clue on how to write the contract or what the EMD is and they need to go through the essential education...I don't buy anything what comes my way unless it makes sense, but I do believe in constant education and mentoring.

I'm glad to hear your experience with house hacking, as I've had that exact discussion with my girlfriend (I plan on proposing sometime soon), and she's sold on the idea of house hacking and essentially living for free.