Yep its all about the cash reserves for sure, which I plan to have a decent amount of incase something were to happen unexpectedly.

It's always good to have an appropriate amount of money in reserves for those unexpected expenses that WILL come up at some point.

I think I would be sure to take someone along as there is some safety in numbers.. especially if you come with an extra person unexpectedly.

i dont want any unexpected paper work or LAWS to pop up and affect my deal due to lack of guidence..

I will get my $35,000 back so it will essentially be $0 down, I will have the house, still have some equity, and have extra cash in hand for any unexpected vacancy or to use as another down payment later on.

I assume a 10% fudge factor, usually plenty for unseen and the unexpected, while a few times that wasn't enough, more often it's within 2% of the initial guesstimate.

Plus replaced all the light fixtures and all the outlets and switches.

We were rehabbing an old home & found that the old narrow metal electrical boxes used in the '70's were shorting out newer/larger switches/outlets.

I use Bandit signs, I advertise on all of the social media outlets.

This happened unexpectedly because I had no idea I was going to move.I left the house by Dec 16. but now the landlord wants me to pay rent until January 13th because that is when the 30 day notice ends (Dec. 13-Jan 13).