Really the key to victory is management and everything surrounding it.

Hey guys,  Local Realtor looking for local investors in the Austin, TX & Surrounding areas that would like to find a property to buy or would like to list a property on the MLS, or just refer bussiness to one another.

Does anyone know how any good Contractors or 24 hr Maintence company in Jackson MS or surrounding area.

Rob, We work with a lot of investors and specialize in multifamily in Columbus Ohio and surrounding areas.  

Over the last 5 years we (@Sam Wilson and I) have developed a pretty cool and detailed system for tracking preforeclosures in Tennessee - primarily in Memphis and surrounding counties (but could easily be expanded to any other county or city).  

Everything I read says it’s really difficult to get these variances approved, but we should have a better chance with the surrounding properties on both sides being under the zoning requirement at only 6,700 sqft lot sizes.

We are remodeling a rental property in a suburb of Akron Ohio and installing a new tub with tile surround.

I'm also exactly in the same situation. looking at Cleveland, OH and surrounding suburbs as the place for my first investment property.

Hi @Tyson Thomas to piggyback on @Mike Day's comment, definitely reach out to all of the banks in your surrounding area (large, medium, small, credit unions, etc.).

One way or another, and if nothing else, someone has to evaluate the property as to the probable cost to bring it to an after-repair-value that matches the surrounding market's fair market value for comparable properties - before ever offering to buy it at "such a ridiculously low price" (as the seller will term your offer at first), let alone, before offering to sell it at "wholesale" to your buyer (i.e., so far below fair market price at retail that the repairs can be covered as well as your profit and the flipper's profit in its eventual retail sale -- or 'buy-and-hold-to-rent-out'er's profit before they would expect to get it rented -- plus the title search, closing, and any tax costs related to your purchase from the seller (usually split somehow) - and finally, the title search, closing, and any tax cost split with whoever buys it from you.Now, that someone could be you (you do trust you and your repair-estimate abilities, don't you?)