Can't gauge how effective that was, but OK, tiny victory.I am frantically brushing up on questions that I need to ask in case he calls again.

Make a soft pass on just one of the properties and watch how he reacts.

Inland Empire which Riverside is a part of is more susceptible to getting variable interest - residential performing better today, industrial hot today and always hot, while office is soft.

Plus, making out in a half finished rehab is fun as long as you brush away the tell tale signs of suspiciously placed drywall dust afterwards.

If people have kids, they want soft surfaces.

{Just this spring, we started adding a CD with soft copies of all this information to each binder} Once I get time, we'll put all of this on-line.We also provide a new toilet brush (I buy them by the case when they are on-sale for $2.99 each), a plunger, shower curtain, and a tray of cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink whenever a new tenant moves in.This costs us around $30 per turnover.

However look at comps in the area for recently sold properties which you probably did, And you want to know your acquisition cost,hard and soft cost, etc.You want to know how much build able square feet you can build up and whats the zoning issues.

Usually it's a tenant just blowing smoke and I brush it off.

I'm looking to get into rehabbing single family housing and then selling, or renting for a while if the market is soft.

You should scrape any lose paint off and wire brush ALL the walls which removes loose and flaking block/paint allowing the new paint to adhere to a solid surface.