I will take your advice and look for a way to get my foot in the door.

Your resale target will vary depending on if you want to rent it out after rehab or sell (flip) the property.Would not touch renting back to them with a ten foot pole.

@Emin T. wroteBut on the average the errors might even out.If you had one foot in ice water and one foot in boiling water "On Average" you would be quite comfortable.Evaluating a markets potential growth is a complex subject.

Personally, I'm never lucky so I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. 

I permitted" space, if within the original foot print of the total house is counted here.A short sale IS an arms length transaction.

Hello BP, I just received contact information for a local wholesaler here in Houston and I want to ask for his help with getting my foot in the door. 

The cost provided to you was probably a per square foot number to estimate the cost as close as possible.

Sure you could use a "weasel clause" and put in a 2 foot by 2 foot section and charge her the extra $100 a month.

Vinyl floors can cost as little as $2 a square foot and they're easy to install.

In Maryland those include, Taxes, Front foot assessments, water bills, ground rent and other less common ones.