I have taken courses for house flipping, read some real estate investing materials, and listened to some podcasts as well. 

I sent my apologies and discounted the rent by $100 to reimburse him for the materials. 2nd month, the bathroom vanities were leaking....totally legitimate repair request so I sent a plumber to fix them.

The material is extremely high level and the reality is, it not as easily applied in every market.

Looking for a good lender in the Broward County area that would lend to investment properties in LLCs.Most of my usual lenders have stopped issuing loan at this time.I am also open to an HELOC alternative instead.

Is there another lender who is willing to do alternate terms?

Too much risk ... too much liability.Third - On self-help arrangements (when they are permitted in very rare circumstances), the amount of money added to your loan must include labor, materials, profit/overhead, permits, etc. just as though a contractor was doing the project.

I think seeing residential real estate, especially handyman fixer-upper properties, as an investment is very different when you come from certain immigrant cultures that have histories of doing this: as my wife is Russian and I am Greek with a significant personal and family history in this work, it wasn't so difficult.But in general, when I am convinced that something is worthwhile and I think my wife should look at it, I give her a manageable amount of material and ask her to look at it.

A storage garage for spare stuff and "downsizing" materials.

But understand that it carries a lot more risk than it did 90 days ago, and may not be appropriate for inexperienced investors with limited cash reserves and limited refinancing options or alternatives on the back end.

One good think that we have on our side is that my husband does part of the job himself because he’s very knowledgeable and he likes it; also, he’s really on top of workers that he hires for doing the other part of the job and we tend to get the less expensive workers out there (you really need to stay on top of them especially if you pay less then average).So this is how we manage to renovate a house with a lower budget labor then average and we have a bit more budget for quality materials and fancy details.