It's always important to have contingency reserves and having a healthy contingency line item that's capitalized can greatly reduce cash during life of loan.Loan Administration:Remember construction lenders release for completed work and the borrower has to navigate the process by which the work is completed in order to obtain reimbursement.

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Took this home from bad to glam in 1.5 months for a healthy profit.

You'll need to make sure the ROI spread is large enough that you can still turn a healthy profit if you have to sell under what your projecting for ARV. 

There will always be a level of fear of failure and you will most likely experience some, mitigating that with diligence will keep you in a healthy state of paranoia.

I was informed by KCMO Health Department that landlords are supposed to be paying an annual fee to them and they conduct inspections of rental units in the city? What experience do people have with this, is there a wa...

The military brings a lot of folks out here with a healthy BAH to rent but you usually can find 2 bedrooms hear for around 2000-2500 (depending on area). 

Healthy tenant base and rental demand as well as two section 8 voucher providers in the city, CTI and LHA.

Las Cruces is a small college town (home of the New Mexico State University Aggies) with healthy population of federal government workers and military contractors.

You want to add value and reduce expenses.Also, it is wise to have a healthy liquid reserve available when buying commercial real estate.I would call commercial real estate brokers and find one with a teacher's heart.

Read it and employ it.The only thing I'd really hammer home is understand and study the market you want to get into-- meaning visit it multiple times, know the streets, get a healthy understanding.