Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Works best if you trust the flipper.Wrap + Second Position Combo: This is a cool little move—you work out a wrap-around mortgage with the seller, then assign that contract to your borrower, and still lend in a second position for repairs or closing costs.

When I inquired about it, plumber said lining, it is usually not prefect since this is PVC breakage not just pipe cracks and the cost saving is not significant enough and maybe headache down the road.I will try to get more quotes and maybe a company that specializes in pipe lining options.I was told foundation work / under slab pipe repair is common in the Dallas TX area due to soil type.

It always takes longer, costs more and has more challenges than I originally thought.

Or are you planning to put 100% of the risk/cost of vacancies, furnishings and tenant nonpayment on the owner with you having 0% risk?

I don’t have any horror stories but every time I go to run a check the cost has gone up.

-save $1k+ in taxes and fees yearly-can use the savings to get more insurance and a higher liability than the value of house. for flipping houses in California does anyone just put into sole proprietor own name and just use the $1k+ in savings for LLC costs into Insurance or use for savingor am I just being too risky. 

i'm just making numbers up, but if your rent on a property is $1000 and your all-in cost is $1500, and you're negative $500 a month forever, that doesn't make sense, even if you can afford to cover the $500 with cash from another income source.i also agree with not using up all your cash, but that just means you might need to wait and save up more cash. 

For a single property, a strong umbrella insurance policy may offer sufficient protection at a lower cost.

I usually use the FMRs for the area as a minimum rent, but if you can attract non-S8 tenants, that works too.Can you share any numbers on the opportunity: purchase price/door, any rehab costs, ARV?