Like the stock market the Real -estate seems complex breaking rules that have been followed in the past.The area I am in is still a sellers’ market priced right an offer on the first day maybe 2.SFH for rent are renting in the same fashion that I have never seen!

From personal experience looking, I have found that a lot of Nassau & Western Suffolk duplexes need a decent amount of work (lots of old fashioned radiators from the 1970's in the photos!).   

@Ruth GalganoIf there are personal items such as family photos and jewelry, you may want to consider an eviction for personal property.

I apologize if this is put up in such a random fashion. 

@Steve Morris, I can understand that they are operating a business, therefore will have margins of profitability.What I find shocking is a practice of hiking the costs in what appears to be an opportunistic fashion.

Now it is possible that they make offers with that money and then refinance later, but good old fashioned saving is the way it is done most commonly.

I am not able to jump right into my second deal just yet so for the time being I would love to keep the wheels turning and help others analyze deals in a similar freelance type fashion to really hone my skills further.

If you are a lifestyle addict and voraciously follow People magazine or fashion, invest in companies where you know things before others do. 

If you do frequent / high volume lending and operate it in a business-like fashion, it may rise to what the IRS calls "trade or business."

I think in a similar fashion to buy and hold investors, flippers and wholesalers may place an emphasis on automation or creating "systems" so as to make those business structures more passive.