Repairs - Min 200% markup  bet I'm closeEviction - Min 50% markup (can't get crazy with this one, easily discovered)Materials - Min 200%, but I have personally seen 500%I'm not calling any one in particular out, never would.

@Cameron Tope, according to IRS rules, in order to qualify "More than half of the personal services you performed in all trades or businesses during the tax year were performed in real property trades or businesses in which you materially participated."

I wouldn't take on the risk for a 5 or 6% cash on cash return when there are much better alternatives. 

Hi everyone, I'm new to real estate investing and I'm looking for materials to learn the basics of real estate investing.

any "pre foreclosure" list you purchase,would be based on someone's guess, and not really any thing of material substance.

If not, is there a viable alternative to the driveway? 

The best idea with websites, or most marketing materials for that matter, is cater to all of them.

With such high incomes you may be better off as a group saving to a higher amount, say 40-60k+ each and syndicate a small/medium apartment complex together.Syndicating apartments may be a better alternative for you since you have so many people together as a group. 

Bonus if it can be turned into an educational how-to guide.The resident can either pay out of pocket for any work needing to be done, or they can let the GNA cover it in exchange for direct principal payments off the original market price purchase.Make a simple guide to what needs to be done on a regular basis, and establish a plan for what the resident can handle, vs what the GNA provides.Create synergy with kids and grandkids to accomplish common/ regular tasks.Opportunity for daycare/ day camp, or even homeschool type services.Opportunity for future continued business partners to take over living on the residence.Preferred scenario, resident pays for material and professional labor, and the GNA provides cheaper labor for easy tasks etc.Residents may pay part of the labor cost, but ideally if the GNA has cash to pay internal employees, then those costs get applied as principal payments.Explore options that let GNA employees trade time for ownership of that specific property, instead of traditional pay, or use it as an overtime bonus.Find ways to incorporate local artists and craftsmen, and make unique projects that incorporate the story of the house as told by the resident.

PC term for "an alternative to prison for felonies."