Leaves an immediate bad impression.Entry Door: This seems silly but make sure your front door opens and closes easily without the need to play around with the door. 

Huntsville, AL, showed—and continues to show—strong appreciation.

My goal is simply to make enough to show that my business makes money so I can continue enjoying living here.

But that’s the game we play. 

I can only speak to myself personally but I've continued to invest, knowing properties may not cash flow much but I've invested in value-add so focusing on appreciation.

Still learning about how it works but this is my understanding today.We have decided to continue with this deal, due to the location of the property, the fact by licencing the extension and renovating the building we should be able to get a price increase from a buyer as a private home.

At this point, instead of continuing to pay the interest loan payments on properties that we will never be able to financially finish since the rehab loans will not cover the actual cost of the rehab, I wanted to know the ramifications of returning the properties to the loan servicer, deed in lieu.

When you do that, you can get better pricing and leaves less room for error.The best advice is to push forward as quick as possible, fail forward, and always continue to introspect on what you would do differently and then ACTUALLY go back and implement that change (easier to say than do).

I hope my entry into real estate will continue this trend.

The screening process plays a big role in the odds of collection.