I've seen quite a few blogs about how to start when I just happen to find a couple of hundred thousand dollars when I washed my jeans (just joking about that) but I also wonder about those who didn't have the money flat out to spend on say a rental or a flip.

A 1031 exchange just flat out does not apply to any sort of wholesaling activity.And even if you were selling a rental, you can't 1031 into a personal residence.

I paid my handyman (and his HVAC Tech buddy) $400 to install the unit and reseal the flat, asphalt roof around the unit. 

At that point you should have no issues putting it on your tax return, just make sure your dad is not putting it on his.If you are getting a flat rate or percentage of the profits, you should get a 1099 for the income from your dad.If the property has a paper loss it may be best for it to be on your dad's income taxes since he would seem to get more advantage from it, especially if he is paying you a reasonable amount for property management.

Banks don't like to deal with any concessions and/or stipulations and many times they flat out refuse to pay any closing costs just as they refuse to pay for any repairs.

I made an offer on a short sale two flat in Chicago.  

Regarding Sac, 2014 has been more or less flat price-wise.

Ask them how long it will take until you can buy investment property, or in other words how long it will take until you can take a conventional loan.You have the option of buying a 3-4 flat right now in your area, occupy one unit and rent the other three.

These are trench drains, picture shows grates on it, you can get them with flat plates as well.as far as the site elevation, usually the heights will be represented in feet like this drawing, see the 833.39 ( represents highest point) next is 831.51 then 829.64, this shows the sewer line pitches down. they also have here by the 833.29 the number 834.56, that's the grade of the road way, even though the two numbers are not next to each other, it could be assumed the storm drain is one foot lower than the road way ( 834 - 833 )

I did a lot of research and ultimately decided to build on a flat-fee model for ground-up houses.