Yes, you should be expecting to spend X% of gross income on maintenance and Y% on capital (depreciable) expenses.

I recently paid off all of my student loans by living within my means and tracking my spending.

One thing that I do uniquely at the end of each walk, is ask the investor how much budget they are willing to spend, by taking that number, we could walk the site again and give them a list of what we could do with that budget.

By dealing directly with us as the buyers you won’t have to pay 6% to a realtor or any other unnecessary costs or fees.We would all like to spend more time with our families or pay off some unexpected debts, and selling your house to me can make that happen.

Hi there,Welcome to BP, this is a great website and resource for all types of real estate investing.I suggest you do a lot of research here, do not spend a lot of money with coaches, it would be much better to put that money to work and learn from experience.Additionally, there are many real estate clubs out there, visit them, select your favorites and meet other investors working your area.

Use (don't spend) your 50k as many times as you can.  

Even after spending 15k on repairs and improvements my total debt on the property is only 40% of the ARV. 

Spend time becoming and expert in the area you want to focus on.

How much are you going to spend on lawn care?

I will pass this one...I am not sure I will want to spend too much time on this.....