I could not find his name as a licensed broker in Ohio.Connecticut is not very far from Cincinnati so I always recommend a boots on the ground approach, meaning visit the place, meet your team members and get a lay of the land.  

TREC is for realtors and lay persons.

It was gutted and all new tiles, bath tub, toilet bowl installed. 

Again obviously there's variables here but a good home inspection should lay out a baseline of the condition of your property and it's major systems.

As in, "is it safe to go rent a place when my company is laying off people", and "will I get rejected because I have a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu on my record?"

White makes small rooms feel bigger and we use cabinets and tile to provide accent. 

But after all, he made a great decision and it was amazingly profitable.Numbers:80k Purchase – cash 35k – Reno Roof, siding, paint inside and outKitchen cabinets and countertop resurfacedPlank floor New tile in bathroomRepair electric and plumbingHome staging 1% of sale price6 month project 165k sale price less 6k closing costs44k Profit Regrettably, this will probably be the most profitable flip I am involved with for the foreseeable future.

Admittedly, I'm not looking for Multi Family.Michael,  It's tough for me to lay out the full details of the JV, and might be better discussed at a meet up.

As a lay person who knows nothing about plumbing, that sounded reasonable; he did an inspection, saw he had an issue, and said he would fix whatever issue it was for X amount. 

I haven't heard anyone anywhere really lay out a solid step-by-step strategy for using a HELCO in this manner.