The cheapest lifecycle for any deal has been like 23k, the most expensive life cycle has been 48kThe lifecycle includes:DownpaymentClosing CostsInsuranceHolding costs of loanUtilities and taxes at property until you sell/refiDownpayment to contractor to start workLike I said, the cheapest life cycle I've seen so far was 23k and that was for a deal with numbers of:60k purchase60k rehab170k ARVSo, you can imagine when you step it up and are buying distressed houses at 150k/200k and putting 100k+ into them the liquidity needed to survive the projects life cycle will increase dramatically.And as a rule of thumb, if a project can require a 80% - 100% cash on cash return in 150 days or less close to close then it is a good deal.So if the project life cycle costs you 30k, you want to net 30k as a return. 

Or the fact that California chases you out of state for taxes on 1031 exchanges.

We file K-1s for each cell at tax time.  

Insurance estimated at $7,000 annually and taxes around $10,000 annually. 

I am looking into tax lien investing.

-(side note, I don't qualify for a HELOC as I wrote off too much in taxes as a realtor)What would you do?

So that's $84k per year before taxes.

Also if you keep one as a rental and own that you could use that as collateral as wellSide note just remember you will pay taxes on your gains so if you make $50k make sure to leave some money set aside for taxes

There are a few problems with what you said and how you are planning to go about filing taxes for your rental income.First, I think you meant your LLC is operating in a State that is NOT a “community property” State  As a result, you will need to file a LLC tax return with the IRS and State -> Yes, you are required to file The LLC tax return you file (I’d recommend getting help) will include an IRS Schedule K-1 for the LLC parters (you and your spouse).You will need to use these IRS Schedule K-1s to report your rental income and expense on your personal taxes return. 

@Ane DeysI would not generalize all REITs as being equal and there are also a lot of private funds who did not go the REIT route as a reit, while having specific tax benefits is also required to be passive.