Be sure to leave yourself meat on the bone after rehab and holding costs to cover Realtor Fee's, Seller Concessions, Inspection Corrections and Price Negotiations with buyers (and possible price reductions to keep the property from getting stale).

Hi Johnny,I'm curious to know if you were able to find more turn key properties with more meat on the bone?

throw her a bone.

When I am looking at a beat up house that needs a total renovation, what constitutes "good bones"? 

They will likely prefer a property that they can acquire for .70 cents on the dollar, since they will still need to have sufficient margin (aka: meat on the bone) to still allow for a profit after title insurance, financing fees,  property insurance, fix up costs and holding costs have been factored in.

It's like he has a bone to pick with investors or something.

It's a true fixer and I need to know if I should just tear it down or if its bones are strong enough to support a complete gut and remodel.

If you have any decent bone in your body, this is difficult.

Now this is the nitty gritty that "real estate investing" is really all about.This is the bottom up.All these paper pushers wondering why their profits aren't higher is because they don't know everything bare-bones like this.

It never hurts to get the input of more seasoned investors to make sure I'm not leaving too much meat on the bone.