This issue alone kills many HUD dealsYour agent must fill out the request form and deliver it to the FSM with the required $$$ to de-winterize. 

Turned a single family house that was poorly marketed but in a great area of my city, listed mid-winter where there's less competition, into a duplex for all intensive purposes and used airbnb to rent out rooms.

I love the idea of fix & flip right now @Abigail King, especially right now here in Chicago and I am sure it is similar for you in central Illinois -- it's winter so there are way less buyers and if you can get under contract soon you can likely rehab over the winter months and hit the spring market!   

Great for Iowa winters.  

In fact, I just tossed away an amortization book of tables that I've had for almost 30 years, when we were doing some winter cleaning - the lowest rate it went down to was 7%.

For investors, this makes this winter a great time to acquire your next deal.To be clear, any correction, in my opinion, will not be related to an economic slowdown, but rather the opposite.

If cash flow is your goal, you might look into areas like Jonesboro, Forest Park, Lithonia, or Stone Mountain, where RTP ratios tend to be higher these are just a few areas I'd suggest.

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My husband and I (ok...my husband) are pretty handy, so we aren't afraid of doing a lot of work ourselves, and I know dealing Iowa winters will mean we need to take some precautionary measures, but it seems like low cost of entry for investing (we just got our first SFH this fall)

Rents that are significantly lagging market go up $75.I chose the Winter timeframe because no one wants to pack and move during the holidays and cold.