Just a quick thought, I could be wrong (and if I am, please school me!)

As for the first flip, go with these margins for "napkin math" to quickly evaluate it.Buy for at most 50% of ARVRehab for at most 25% of ARVSell for 100% ARVThat will help you avoid overpaying.

It sounds super sexy, and can be a way to generate capital, but you'll quickly learn it's way harder than it sounds. 

Good luck,Ryan Hi Ryan, Thanks for your quick reply!

There are short term lenders (2-10 year) where you could refinance without title seasoning requirements and pay off your cash in loan quickly, then refinance again for a better rate with a more traditional 30 year loan.

You can loose a year of cashflow very quickly to unexpected roof repairs, furnace or air conditioning replacements or even exterior painting for a random C of O inspection or a shocker come tax time.

I ended up being in contact with what I feel is a really good real estate agent (asked me my why, always tried to provide as much possibly without me asking, and provided information I asked for fairly quickly).  

I really want to move quickly here and the funding is the only thing holding us back at this point .

Greeley may be a little better than other places on the front range but as Dan said there is a lot of “stupid money” here right now, and Greeley is quickly becoming one of the hottest markets around.

If not start shopping around quickly.