The Jingle Generator is a goofy online service meant to help small businesses or business professionals (like realtors) attract new customers.

., price + rehab = 70% of ARV), they certainly won't make anywhere near $80K profit.Assume they get a hard money loan for the $140K and hold for six months.They pay purchase closing costs around $2500.They pay the $20K for rehab.They pay about 10% of the loan in money costs, $14KThey pay insurance, utilities, and whatever else in holding costs, $3K (try pricing a vacant house or builders risk policy.)

It is pretty easy, and if you have any problems, their customer service is great.

Harrison:The only other option I can think of (well...not the only one (lol) is to utilize private/commercial lender.

-vacancy rate-maintenance-utilities-property mgt-other-property tax-insurance

If you want to customize your card you can ad photos also.

Having little or no equity or upside down cash flow is not a good business prectice when utilizing this strategy.

Or to put it another way, what is it that the customer is really buying from you?

Many investors are utilizing a repeatable model in CA to make $ in RE.

Thanks for your input guys, but neither of you answered the question, which was not a "trick" question Dan.I often am asked by new investors if they should use the services of attorneys, CPAs, etc. or go at it alone until they make enough $ to afford them.That is the common question, not how much financial planners make. the FP was just one of many professional which a person can utilize, I was not specifically referring to them.Any real thoughts on how YOU would answer this question if asked of you by a new investor?