or "is the juice worth the squeeze?"

I attempted to double the size of an existing project and my project ultimately went belly up due to my contractor knocking down the existing home.

I don't think there are any GOOD - AFFORDABLE CONTRACTORS in Baltimore - if they are good - they are not affordable --- if they are affordable they are not usually good.I just finished a development on Charles Street at a cost of $1.1 MM - it should have cost $900,000 - contractors have a way of getting all the juice they can from a job - they are always finding something that the owner or they have missed.You might want to price out every stage of your renovation - heating - drywall - electrical etc. and learn to act as your own general - my son has been doing a  program called FreeHabbing - it is a professional approach that solves the two most common problems in real estate renovation: 1) where to get the money to acquire real estate, and 2) where to get the money to rehab. the property.A bad contractor can drain you bank account and demotivate you.

I have the cash to buy the property all out, but I really want leverage because I don't want to consume all my cash on this deal and it juices the COCR.Original Ask: $49kInitial Offer: $40kTheir counter-offer: $44kMy counter-offer that was accepted $42k.This is from an estate sale listed on MLS for a 3/1 SFH 865 sq. ft,1950Rent after installing washer and dryer and re-painting interior will be about $950/mthAnyone got any good mortgage broker recs?

I put more attention on my major definite of purpose "fruit juices; shakes", just as Starbucks sells coffee".

It would cover with a little juice but it would be an appreciation play (growing rural town).

On the subject of building a website and generating Googl Juice and SEO I tend to agree with others who take the position of letting the AB&B's and VRBO pros lead the field in that department when your a newbie.

Going it alone try9ing to learn on the internet an through webinars and podcast other than social or recreational value I see very little value to hands on training. at the end of the day its a belly to belly business and you better be VERY good at sales..

So the moral is if you wanna take a billion dollars in taxable losses, go buy a few billion dollars worth of casinos, then totally screw up their operations(by the way- when Trump's casinos went belly up, the neighboring casinos were doing just fine,) close 'em down- causing massive job losses- then get a reality TV show which pays pretty well, and you won't owe money on those earnings for quite awhile. 

It will not look good to have mass numbers of investments going belly up.