BUT only SOLD COMPS 6months or less, close to the property, make sure apples to apples ie 3 bed/2bath--3/2 ; sq footage same (close) and close to same year built.5) Work on developing a team-- this will be dynamic at first..a) A good realtor 2) title person--help get comps 3) banker 4) loan personyeh contractors-- Im a general but a have a good eletrical. painter, tile, hvac, group-- maybe you be the general and find good subs--6) TO BE truly successful you MUST start a data base of Buyers and Sellers --KEY --Investors are buyers-- NETWORKING is another giant key.GOOD LUCK , get excited when you get discourage--thats a hill you just climbed over --that much closer to you GOAL....

Hey there everyone. I am Rica from New York. Just checkin in to make connections with people with same interests.

Thanks and Buenas!
Rica Villanueva

And a bad apple who might get taught some of these more creative RE techniques can do harm to the industry.Lots of sociopathic personalities out there,,however at the end of the day buying rehabbers is not a highly complicated business as you state

Which is better apples or oranges.There is no answer to this each investor needs to decide on their own based on their goals, risk tolerance, resources etc.

There is no way you're making an apples to apples comparison here.If you want to invest in SFRs, more power to you.

If it is maintenance that is expensed on the tax return (and you don't have losses over 25k that you are rolling forward, then you should compare apples to apples post tax.

So I feel like I am definitely making progress, currently I am working in Apple Retail, but will be making the switch after I am all done with testing.

That way I am looking at apples to apples.

I'm relatively new to this and I could use some help locating the bad apples in a neighborhood.

Other areas that is pretty good would be Scottsdale, Tempe (near ASU), Chandler and Mesa (I heard that Apple will be opening a manufacturing plant there).