My partner opted to get certified and do the work himself.

@J Scott Good advice - partnering up seems to be a great idea for the first few times.

The other partner will be doing the work (along with myself).

I think the advice you've received is pretty solid (i'm kelly's partner btw).

Hi @Angela Ruiz A piece of something by partnering with someone is better that 0%.

In this way we could stay away from some bank rules on loans and have more freedom to potentially make a lower down payment and have the loan as partners.

I am an active investor and like to partner with architects and builders.

Hi Andre -Of the local wholesalers I've connected with, I've seen it all, but this tends to be what's most common in my experience from them:-Use a flat $25,000 for all properties-Take a completely uneducated and wild guess-Partner with a GC or good handyman to estimateI prefer when they use option 3 personally :)

My mentor / business partner who is showing me the ropes in RE is starting his own property management business after being in the real estate game for 13 years.He is offering me a job in said property management business as an on-call maintenance person, and also said he can pay me to do yellow letters for him (I currently send out a lot of them for my own investing purposes).He said he can either pay me for each letter, or a 10-15% commission on income from any leads I generate (so if I land him a property that he makes $150/mo on, I would make $15-$22.50/mo on each property. 20 properties = $300-$450 / mo total).Either way, he will pay for all the material and postage- so I'll just be taking care of the rest (printing, packing, sending).

If you do, then when you are ready to ramp up you will have no problem finding the monied partners to take that walk with you.One last thing, don't try to do things on the cheap.