He lived in 15th century Japan where the personal defense weapon of choice was the sword.

I specialize in the city of Charlotte though, but I'd love to refer you to a good contact in Raleigh if you are interested please PM me!

I do have experience with significant home renovation but for a personal residence, based on my experience with this I would prefer to buy a property built after 1970 if possible but not sure if that's realistic, the only deals I could seem to find from the MLS are very old houses which I know often brings more challenges with the renovation.Would appreciate any references or suggestions anyone has, so far I've only invested in rental properties that were already in good condition bought with a loan.

Hey Koren,That's pretty much what I figured as well - can't imagine a realtor (or inspector) gets too far if they're referring poor work.Our realtor suggested Call2Inspect as well so that's great to hear!

Obviously a lot can change between now and next year as well.1031 would seem an obvious choice.

But I do refer any EMD request over to a contact of mine who happens to be one of those 20%. 

If you can put the right systems in place and the market makes sense, I think it's an easy choice for most investors 

Let's call them House A and House B for reference.

I would start with the Fair Market Rents (FMR) in the county where the property is located and use that as a basis to negotiate from there.Thanks Jaycee, are to referring to the HUD website? 

i wasn't in a position to buy it by then so i referred them to a friend of mine and he bought it.