At this stage an investor with deep pockets could go in and purchase every property he could get his hands on and renovate for the purpose of providing "affordable housing" but the margins could be really tight and he may even take a loss on many of the properties.

This is mainly a buy and hold plan but I will probably end up flipping some houses because the cash will run out at some stage.

I’m just at a stage where I simply need to get out there and start knocking on some doors.

Just add/subtract it all up, and that's your net profit before taxes.In terms of the tax confusion, you likely either paid or were paid excess taxes when you purchased (pro-rated, depending on where in the tax cycle you were), and then either paid or were paid a pro-rated share when you sold. 

My business is a groundbreaking new concept that is at its infancy stage  but we are looking to scale quickly.  

While there is not penalty, I would suggest someone not doing this excessively as most of my bids accepted are asset review and I believe have a good relationship with the asset managers and having a reputation of following through gets me more of my lower offers acceptedRespectfully, I am not inclined to release the exact percentages that will probably be accepted.  

As long as the work performed doesn't add value -- which in essence would amount to an undeclared and perhaps excessive in-kind IRA contribution -- several self-directed IRA experts say it would fall within the spirit of the rules.Such work might include maintaining the landscape, fixing or subbing out a leaky faucet, doing shingle repair on a leaky roof or painting a few rooms between tenants.

They don't have investing priorities and need help simply creating a budget and trimming their excess to save.One of the first Ramsey baby steps is to save 1,000 dollars...  

I have spent in excess of 100k on courses, I am a course junkie.  

And, welcome to the next stage of "coming out." :-) I was in Naval Air myself, though it was back in '67 - '70.