But you must stick to your MAO (or below).Maximum Allowable Offer (MAO) =  ARV - Rehab costs - holding costs  - financing costs - resale costs - closing costs on purchase - closing costs on resale- desired profit.It's a long calculation, but it is critical that you follow the formula.Holding costs include insurance, utilities, taxesResale costs.  

No critical path visualization and no way to track all of the hard costs associated with a build.”

They choose to ignore all of this and continue to criticize how others spend their money while their home "leaks" enough money every year to pay for a new Mercedes and take a cruise.

A lot of investors would criticize my style of investing by paying them off as soon as I can.

If they want my help, I explain that flipping is critical in the buy, and they need to be ready when the opportunity arrives.

It's critical to establish a strong local network and gain a full understanding of the target market's dynamics.

I came here for advice not criticism.  

There two critical numbers here.

Please give me criticism / ideas / responses, if you have time.I will warn you in advance that A) I have a full time job and B) I spend a lot of time in the mountains with friends to make me happy.

The US is a superpower and has a lot of ways to game the system in it's favor.Even China is criticizing our spending habits.