Perhaps I'm being harder on capex and maintenance than others, I don't use the percentage rule, I calculate capex and maintenance as straight $2750 for SFH and $4000 for duplex.I'm a bit shocked at reading all of these posts on BP about how much cash everyone is getting per property, and would like to find out what's the best way to replicate the same strategy.

I had a buddy complete the paperwork for the HomeStyle loan, it was reasonably straight forward.  

Flipping RE is not as straight forward as it seems.

I bought in 2003 for 560K, it went up to about 800 in 2006, then back down to about purchase price for a few years, then a straight shot up to where it is now.

Straight private money loan for 5 years.   

We have actually had worse luck here with just straight rental properties.But yes, we will have to chalk this one up to a loss unfortunately.

Joe is a straight shooter and tells you like it is. 

We seller financed for an above market price but with no interest or points, just a straight sales price and set payment for 20 years.

Since I only had a W-2 and one rental property income, so it looked straight forward enough to do it all by myself on TurboTax, right?

4 - What knowledge do you have in the following topics -      a)  Market Analysis     b)  Property Analysis     c)  Rehab Analysis     d)  How Money Works     e)  Building a REI Business Plan     f)   Establishing Financial Goals (total Cash Flow and total Debt Payoff)5 - What Strategies, from the following list, are you familiar with -     a)  Straight Flipping     b)  Buying to hold using conventional financing     c)  Using Private Financing     d)  Buying/selling on Land Contract     e)  Using Sandwich Lease Options     f)   Using Equity Partner Buyins     g)  Using Equity Partner Buyouts     h)  Using both f) and g) on the same property     i)   Using uncollateralized Loans     j)   Performing Notes     k)  Non-performing Notes     l)   Partners     m) NNN commercial properties     n)  ...any other strategy I didn't put in this list