I got the house $20k, and anticipate sinking 25k into the rehab.  

I have not owned one but know of someone who did and it was a lot more work than they anticipated.

We have been learning our market and the business for the last few months and are anticipating our first two closings this week... and four by the end of the month! 

The appraisal came in at $100k less than anticipated.

I often ask for recommendations for work needed on other projects or only anticipated or only a possibility just to get an idea about who's a good guy for a certain type of job and keep them in mind if I ever need that kind of work done.

What challenges are you anticipating on Oct 3 this year when TRID is supposed to be implemented? 

If you are working one property at a time and buying right and not only spending 6 months you probably aren't going to get stuck - most likely the worst thing that could happen would be that you would lose the anticipated equity you are building.

If the same happens to your husband and you're both out of work for much longer than you anticipated, your situation will be even tougher.

While we anticipated some repairs in our offer price, the inspection has revealed some more significant issues with the slate roof (expected) and the brick and chimneys (less expected).  

On top of that, he said our house cost him $4,000 more than what he originally anticipated, which was over 20% of our contract price.