IntroductionWhen it comes to home renovations, the financial aspect can often be the most challenging hurdle.

I guess our ultimate goal is total financial freedom.

Anyone that invests should be diving into asset protection and utilizing the strategies we have to protect our properties.

Sounds like you are talking about asset protection, which some accountants may not be familiar with.

I use Joseph Andrews with New Penn Financial.

Have substantial IRA assets to work with, want to learn more about SDIRA RE investing and leverage.

I would spend summers working at job sites so the construction aspect is not foreign to me.I am also a trained CFP, certified financial planner, so the numbers aspect is not confusing.I suppose the main challenge I have is actually buying a house.

Like Emily said, a number of shocking facts (or not so shocking to many landlords) have come out in the press recently on how few Americans can come up with a thousand or even four hundred dollar in an emergency....A FINRA study on The Financial Fragility of Renters was just one (with lots of stats).So no downpayment is a big one, as is credit score, and even with those who have resources, they  may want the flexibility to move or freedom from extra work or costs of maintaining and repairing the home.Even items like student loan debt or fear about the economy hold others back (still some out there who feel the sting of the housing bust).

I am a business owner from Grand Rapids, MI with ~100 employees, and I have read several Robert Kiyossaki books, (increase your financial IQ, Cash flow Quadrant, Loopholes of Real estate and a couple more)  I am just recently diving in head first on real estate investing.  

He's out of Cheshire- Advanced American Financial for insurance - out of Wallingford