All Forum Posts by: Michael Farrugia

For an electrician to do his wiring and install the outlets before sheetrock is very common. Asking the contractor to put up the cover plates is not asking much and your contractor should not give you issues with something like that. To rotozip the outlet boxes and switch boxes is pretty standard for a sheet rocker to do to begin with.

Welcome to BP, as a beginner myself I've learned a ton from reading books published by biggerpockets.... check out amazon, do as much reading as you can.

@Stephanie P. Thank you for your input. What you are speaking of, is this similar to a hard money loan? Are terms any better?

Thats a great idea to write out the offer out in two different forms, thanks for the advice! @Sean Carroll

I have considered seller finance, but I feel like thats almost like finding a needle in a hay stack, not only finding a good house to flip, but the owner willing to finance. @Sean 

@Sean Carroll

Get your hands on the 16% solution, its a great book to learn about this process, and will give you some helpful insight on your situation. @Ray Slack

Try list source.com @Diana Tian

Hi Francesca, Have you heard other other investors getting involved in Shirley? Im also looking for other areas on the island to be potential target areas. @Francesca Baglio

Ken Min makes a good point, choose what you want to learn about, go out and read as many books as you can. Educate yourself while trying to find someone to mentor you.

Thank you everyone for the input, well appreciated. @Melvin List would an institutional lender be considered a hard money lender?