As I indicated at the beginning I'm sure there are less labor intensive ways to get ahead in real estate but this get-wealthy-slow, sweat-equity path has been really low risk and reasonably lucrative.

Give her a basic formula.

I'm assuming in similar fashion to 1 unit dwellings, all planned renovations were planned out with quotes provided ahead of time.

I've been doing some reading and would like to clarify some things before I move ahead.

To be honest I'm flexible in not having positive cash flow because I'd plan to live there and no longer paying rent already puts me $900/month ahead while not even considering the equity being built.I'm looking in the Philly suburb areas at homes around the 250k mark (which is where it seems you need to be for something decent) and it seems the average rents for nice 3br/1.5bath are only about 1500/month.

You have many productive years ahead of you, all you have to do is make them count.

Region's home-price rise near U.S, top"  It states, "South Florida's 11% gain is the nation's second highest....2nd to Las Vegas and ahead of San Francisco ....I would like opinions

Your figures on vacancy and repairs are typical estimates but there is no formula that supersedes actual figures.

Since you cant get inside the house; does anyone have any formulas they use to help calculate a bidding price assuming the only "known" is after repair value. 

My parents went on a 2 wk vacation out of the country.They asked me to water the plants once during the 2weeks.  1 week into the vacation, we came to check on the house and water the plants.