I just had a similar size back patio done for ~$3k and I assume something holding a vehicle would need more substantial/deeper crushed stone base.

Sometimes it’s better to hire someone who isn’t emotionally involved and has experience, like a property manager. 

Those people focus on the numbers, and if the numbers work, the deal is likely to get done.When you’re dealing with the owner of a single-family property, it’s often a person who is emotionally attached to the property, and for good reason: you are negotiating on the single-biggest tangible asset they have in their life.Stitching Together the FinancingEven though multi-family properties are investments, it’s sometimes challenging to get conventional bank financing for them.

(So dig a little deeper in area searches) Irvington for buy and hold properties (this area has been unique as well as stable for some time with buy and holds), other areas for fix and flip would be Haughville (truly seeing some changes in the market recently and level of finish to homes), Brightwood, Bates-Hendricks and most recently near Riverside Park bound by 16th St to the North, 10th St on the South- Indiana Ave & River/Fall Creek East & West.

I would keep their emotional outburst out of it and stick to your lease + protocols - if that means the tenant pays, then so be it.

Let me know if you want me to dig into deeper detail in regard to the NAR.Next, Real Estate Agent.

I really just wanted to ask on here to be sure I wasn’t being emotional about it and just trying to justify a bad idea.

I do not want to waste time or get emotionally attached to something until I get some more info.

Hello, my name is Juan I have been studying realestate investing for about a year now, and have decided to pursue this as my lifes goal, I recently found out about the 203k fha loan, and I have decided to invest in my first property, I am in the Dallas Texas area, ( a very competitive saturated market ) I want to buy a multifamily unit (duplex) and use the 203k loan to renovate it increasing equity up to 20% in order to immediately refinance into a conventional loan ,pull a heloc and invest in my second property, I understand I need an exit strategy and I am currently working on that as well,but I believe I will develop that as I grow and dive deeper into this, I've never bought a home I'm still learning how to calculate numbers, if any of you have done any 203k loans do you mind sharing some information?

Will contact you privately for a deeper discussion.