New Funding Resources 
If you are a real estate agent or a home improvement contractor, sooner or later you will be having the following thoughts: “I see my clients making money in real estate. I am an essential part of these transactions. Shouldn’t I try to strike it on my own and keep the profits I am helping my clients make for myself?” First of all, I am glad you are having these thoughts. As a self-employed entrepreneur, it’s part of your job to always think always ponder new money-making opportunities. And under the right circumstances, the answer to that question might be a resounding “Yes!”
In real estate your make money when you buy. What it means that you need to put a property under contract at a price that will allow you to make a reasonable profit after the costs of owning, renovating and selling that property. The process of estimating these moving parts might be better described by the former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: “There are known knowns; things we know we know… There are known unknowns – things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” I’m sure he wasn’t referring to the real estate rehab business, but you get my drift. 
