I would check this list out if you want to absolutely make sure you're getting a lender that has that perfect combination of trustworthiness and solid terms!

If the city's requirements are bare-bones but all active rental listings are more elaborate, we go with the market trends to make sure we are competitive & provide what tenants are looking for.

I'm trying to perfect the language to attract both traditional and distressed sellers. 

This was perfect and so detailed  

You are in the perfect place to learn from other like-minded investors. 

Part of my reason for getting into REI is so I can live the wanderer lifestyle while I'm still young enough to do it and enjoy the activities that we love; we have a Northern Lite truck camper and while it's a bit too small for my husband and I, our 2 dogs and cat, it's perfect for traveling up to a couple weeks at a time, which is what we both want to do.Thanks again to everyone for the great advice and warm welcome.

If you are early in the project, you can often scale down other parts of the renovation to cover the cost, i.e. that terrazzo tile that would have been perfect is no longer in the budget.  

I got a feeling that life as a Private-$ Investor may be a great place to start, and these properties lend a perfect means to testing that out, solving 2 issues in 1 action, because you can JV your way out of the operational side of things AND retain that long term financial upside. 

I've yet to see the perfect sewer line, even on new construction.

The other issue with that area these were post ww2 homes and built as cheap as you can build a home so the bones are no good either on most of them..