I remember not too many years ago in '08-'11 when the whole fix and flip thing started steaming up and folks with limited funds, especially leveraged funds, via hard money lenders were jumping into the fray like a leaky sieve only to be stifled long term turnarounds on the flip side.In the first couple of years, and I'm talking the San Diego Market only, the rapid fire turnaround time on F&F was as fast as 30 days, then 60, then 90 and soon some flips were taking as long as 120-160 DOM before flippers were revisiting their capital and repaying their hard money lenders. 

(A couple unusual features I am thinking of are a steam boiler heating system in one home and a well and water softener in another.

Fannie Mae, of course, will be happy to lend on their own overinflated steaming meth pile...

I went to a few open houses in Elk Grove recently, and can tell that the Sac market is picking up steam!

We have both a lending and real estate investment arm and we're still full steam ahead on real estate investing.

The issue with cleaning carpets is you are never going to know if they stains will come out until you have someone come shampoo/steam clean them.If it is within your budget and time frame, install some vinyl plank.

Its full steam ahead now!

Full steam ahead!

I recently had a town in NJ trying to charge me $118.00 for a plumbing permit, due to my licensed plumber changing a leaky steam pipe!!!

With carpet...I shampoo and steam clean it time after time after time...then when you think its destroyed...I dye it for $150...looks new....then the cycle starts over again...shampoo and steam cleaning at each turnover....finally after it has been reduced to basically indoor/outdoor carpet thickness....I replace it with the cheapest carpet I can possibly find...usually about .69 cents labor and materials.