Are the kitchens and baths the cheap pressed board crap or real wood??

Colby Miles, please also keep in mind that those shows on TV are not exactly accurate.

That is also why when I would watch the flip shows during the boom I would always yell at the tv "what the hell are you doing buying that piece of crap for 200k?"

Hold up, STOP the Press!  

However, I am hard pressed to believe that anyone would be willing to do it.

$8,500.00-Permit -Inspection -Labor -Materials -Balance -Wire Apartment to code 15-4 inch color change LED2-Pendant lights 1-LED Bath Fan -Cat 6 Ethernet run -30 amp electric stove -Heated Bath floor (floor heat supplied by other)2-USB outlets 3-Dimmers -Outlets to code/ outlets or switches on brick wall to be in EMT conduit -Tv outlet -Smoke detector -1 wall accent lighting (fixture provided by other )Hallway-6 - 4inch color change LED-Hallway outlet -Hallway switch -Hang chandelier (provided by other)-Add remote switch for chandelier

My guess is without experience, you will be hard pressed to find a bank that will let you self manage/GC the build.  

(I personally am not a huge fan of the really big loan companies who have their ads all over TV.

Call the local TV stations and give them your information, Bunmi,

The important lesson I learn is to be patient and not pushy about pressing real estate investing onto him, but just casually talking about it here and there while letting him exploring other things out there.