My goals are to buy and hold and to do the occasional fix and flip. 

Ru Monsell,Kenneth LaVoie is in Winslow, Me.He is a very active Real Estate Investor in Maine.He is an occasional poster on this site.Raymond

Aside from the occasional flip myself, I work with multiple local investors who purchase fix/flips and multi family units.I've heard a lot of talk lately, on a national level, about our market here in SW Ohio.  

Lasts a very long time, occasionally just needs a refinishing.

Occasionally I may post a topic on here to strike up a conversation.

Makes a big difference.Most contractor "partnerships" I have seen simply involve him floating the cost of the rehab until sale and occasionally hearing about a deal.

If you are the landlord and you want to let the person out of the lease but have spent the money you now have a conundrum.This occasionally happens in the PM business and we hold the money and pay the owners the correct amount each month.

I get an occasional request to fund bulk, or a portion of a bulk tape they can flip right away.

I'll still occasionally let customers do this if I'm feeling nice, but now I let them know ahead of time (and have a clause in my contract) that if something goes awry with their materials and/or subs, it's on them to clean up the mess.

I have okay earned income as a transportation engineer, some passive income and occasionally some cash.