My logic here is REI can be very expensive, especially if you do not take time to educate yourself and nail down the basics.  

LOL, thanks @Ben Leybovich yes, if you ask the right questions I see how you arrive at your logic, it's a Ben Theory.

Some have said it means different things to different people...post modernism is persistent, but not logical. 

Everyone who is just blindly saying you need to fire people is just reacting with a herd mentality with no basis for a logical opinion considering you didn't provide a complete story.What you described was landscaping.

So, get the house for 70% or less of AS IS value (or 70% of ARV minus repair costs), and you should be Ok.But above is just a math, the numbers, the logical side of it.

In my market the going rent is $1225/month, so is my logic correct in thinking hypothetically: ARV (for a "deal") must be a minimum of $122500  so (75% ARV) = $91875 (is maximum out of pocket investment, including rehab).

@Elliott SternFear is what keeps you alive...Logic and practicality is what makes you brave.sample:someone says....There is a ghost over there...myself...Having not known anyone who has seen one, and having not seen myself...I go look..... even though I am a little worried I am wrong and the booger is gonna eat me:)You will make mistakes...

(emphasis added)Can you reflect for a moment on the logical fallacy inherent in that word "always" there?

With that, in a sense of logical and fundamental thinking i cant depict you, the majority of whites or section 8 recipients in any broad sense.

Experience, logic, and math be dammed!