Adrian - You wouldn't be very happy if a cop arrested you for having a black eye would you?

Although we offered cash The short sale process took 9 months to complete and it was a PAIN, BIG PAIN. i won't talk about it here since this is success stories post :) After purchase, we cleaned it up, wait for Black Friday to get some stainless steel appliance to put it in, list it up on MLS and get good family to rent in as 1600$ a month.

Mainly interested in Black Rock neighborhood, sfr that can be rehab/ flip or multifamily to buy & hold.

When their files go to India, they go into a black hole.

. :-)I reinvest all profits, just was thinking this could help make decisions more black and white.Paying a handyman $30/hr for 20hrs($600) hurts, compared to doing it myself for free, but If I had to pay myself $1,000, the numbers (my business bank account) would show that the correct choice is to hire it out.

If you can keep the gap relatively small and can get caulk to relatively closely match the flooring(or just go black) you could caulk the edge.

Besides the 2 East MA REIA meetings you heard about in that other thread, there is the Black Diamond meeting in Waltham (2nd location in Worcester) that @Ann Bellamy organizes, there is the Boston AREIA in Medford, @Justin Silverio runs a quarterly unofficial BP meetup in (Woburn though the next meeting is onsite at a just completed project in Reading), the NEREIA in Chelmsford, on the North Shore @Mike Hurney has a couple meetings and there are a few other options as well.

The Black Diamond events that Ann hosts are fabulous ones and if you are serious about looking in Worcester then go to the Worcester meeting for this, there is also one in Waltham that I go to and love.

He holds a black belt in 4 different styles of martial arts and has been taking for 40 years and used to be a bouncer back in the day.

Jim, on the Black Diamond website, under Resources (then scroll down) are three links that might help you with your research.