Who is a hard money lender doing fix and rent and DSCR loans sub $100k? 

I will hire some landscaping on occasion, high tree work,  it just depends, things run pretty smoothly for the most part. 

Your mechanicals and capital expenditures are a lot more important and more expensive to fix than a pretty kitchen. its better to live in outdated kitchen and have a well kept home with updated mechanicals/roof/hvac than one that looks pretty but will start to crumble5.

It varies if its Fix and Flip, Acquisitions, Refinance etc.Long Term Rental ("LTR") .... 

And many times these properties cost more to fix up than to tear down and rebuild. 

And I offer to fix anything or do updates as soon as I buy the properties.

Hey BiggerPockets Community, I am a newish investor in Austin, Texas and wondering what your opinions are regarding entering REI through Fix and Flips in ATX in 2025 and beyond? 

Youtube is great - you can learn many different things from what neighborhoods look like, how to fix a part on car, make a certain type of dish/meal, understand a concept..etc

Personally, I would fix it, but I'd get several quotes.

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