Almost all of our properties are 5+ bedrooms, and I have trouble seeing much cash flow on anything with a lower bed-count unless you get a screaming deal on the purchase.Cheers and thank you for your service!

You do not want to leave a gap as wide or wider than the thickness of your baseboard .... else you end-up using quarter-round or cove to cover the gap (screams short-cut or quick/cheap).As for your closet doors:  lift the tracks; lay your finish floor; put the tracks back down.Your vinyl plank is going to expand very little.

I think it screams risk but again, I may be missing something or not understanding this correctly.

I went in and started screaming "where are you mother@#$#. 

After finish work, a 3rd draw covers all but the last 10-20% so they can pay the trades/recover what they paid the trades, and they get the final draw after final inspections are ALL PASSED (and get THEIR profit/pay)  If it's a small job, get another contractor, they should be able to cover it.  50% up front on a big job to me screams: "I am going to use a chunk of the money to complete my previous job!"

She’s already screaming about how we can’t take her to court and she can just squat if she wants.

screams of a schillplus having owned personally over 300 rentals in the mid west markets I know first hand its not all perfect.. can be but also can be nighmare choose carfully.  

When you tout $45k purchase price and $925 per month rent as a positive....to me that merely screams some of the highest risk possible.

Here are a few:  Real Estate Kate – FIX & FLIP, BUY & HOLD, DISTRESSED, OFF-MARKET, REAL ESTATE (realestatekatefl.com)Adam - 941-250-5980

We've sourced hundreds of deals from those 2 sources alone, in addition to approximately 9 other strategies we have honed over the years to fill our funnel with screaming good deals (where nobody else knows where to look....Happy Hunting!