Purchased all cash as a major fire damaged home and knocked almost all of it down and re-built it with new addition and rooftop deck with jet-liner views of the city!

My area of expertise is in finance but in stock/equities/commodities and not in real estate so I'm trying to read up as much as possible on the current state of FL real estate.

We found this property through months of door knocking, post cards, anything to make connections in the neighborhood we wanted to live in. Finally

I am just starting to learn about real estate investment and would like to approach it like everything else; I work in finance and analyze credit (quality and risk) for a living, so I like to be thorough and really know my numbers (particularly the cost side of the equation).

“All these folks are very educated and very smart, but they’re not necessarily educated in finance,” he says.Some investors admit they hadn’t vetted their investments that closely, saying they didn’t read the pages of documents outlining the investment terms.

My educational background includes a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in finance, a commercial real estate certificate, and a minor in building construction and project management, with a focus on energy-efficient housing.

They were property managers, leasing agents, worked in finance or acquisitions, etc.  

Negotiations are in final stages of contract edits between the attorneys.  

My twin brother and I will be graduating with bachelors degrees in finance this December from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater.

If the counter tops are in fine condition, then you can keep them and as time goes on maybe upgrade them.