You need to underestimate the ARV, over estimate the time to sell and factor in a buffer to make sure you come out OK on the other end. 

Get in and out in a month/month and a half!

For active flippers or buy-and-hold investors — when time kills deals, do you prioritize speed of funding or interest rate more?
I’ve seen both sides: some investors go for quick closes, others want lower cost money....

Quote from @Placeholder Placeholder: My parents own a home worth ~450k in a suburb roughly 40 minutes north of Cincinnati.

I like keeping property reserves in a brokerage account where I continuously roll them over into US Treasury T-bills at government auctions ranging from 1 to 6 months in duration.

From my experience I have seen people buy, and finance property in a revocable living trust.

Quote from @Taylor Hassel: Hey all, I’m looking at investing in a duplex in Indianapolis.

Quote from @Whitney Huestis: My husband and I have our SDIRA account in a local bank and want to start utilizing it.

.: Did you know that if you buy a $400,000 property . . .In a typically bank financing scenario you put down 20% or $80,000 and finance $320,000 for 30 years the Principal and Interest at 7% is $2,129 and over 30 years you pay $766,428 (the bank loves you)BUTif you take over a loan using a Wrap (Wrap To, it takes about $15,000 in costs) and take over the existing mortgage at 2.5% that was taken out 2 years ago your payment Principal and Interest is $1,264 ($865 a month less) and over the remaining 28 years pay $447,894 (you get to keep the difference)That's a savings of $318,534 Three times a Year!

Quote from @Dav Pohote: I have a 1 bedroom apartment in a key location that i have updated quite nicely.