Dont take the easy route and buy retail properties.

Why do all flippers feel their homes are worth 20% more than the current high end retail market value, and get so shocked when the appraisals do come in low?  

It also allows me to choose which books I need in written format for further notes and evaluation without paying full retail for them until I know.

In some cases, turnkey providers themselves are turning toward doing retail flips and putting turnkey business aside.

I've done flips and traditional rentals, but just starting to dip my toe in the water of STRI have a traditional retail in the Hutto/Round Rock area that I'm thinking about turning into an AirBnB.

Looks like your purchasing a Distressed Property for Retail price and then renovating... 

Buying wholesale works best when the seller either can't sell retail (i.e., to an owner-occupant) or doesn't want to (for reasons of speed, convenience, etc.).Here's my simple test: If the seller would be best served by selling the house retail through an agent, then that's what they probably should do, and there's no good reason for you to get in the way of that.

This is going to be geared heavily towards retail buyers.top performing agents have goals that are not aligned with an investor.

It depends on the level of the broker and their network.I have thousands of commercial retail property owners built up over the 15 years in business nationally.

You will more than likely not see a return on a kitchen remodel, but an extra bath might add some value.At first blush I wouldn't pay anywhere near those numbers, but again I am located in the midwest and most of my properties retail between 90 and 135k