I have little confidence in turnkey providers, deals are already hard to come by, if they take another 20% cut before.. much better to buy a property from an owner that is in good condition.

You can't even drive by and look at a tree before you decide if it needs to be trimmed up or cut down.2.)

I like the idea of getting a great deal, so should I take a pay cut, invest in getting my real estate's license, go the CCIM route, and find a broker to sponsor me until I'm a CRE broker and earn of the commission and get into bigger deals as a GP?

Especially when the insurance paid for it, contractors don't cut corners.We have probably several water issues every year across the portfolio.

Let’s cut through the nonsense: this isn’t about networking.

In related news, we had a guests for a  10 day stay and they wanted to cut the stay short.

can I find absentee owners and water cut off lists etc.. on PropStream?

Many tenants will cut their nose off to spite their face and move, rather than accepting a fair increase:(What does Zillow say the rent should be?

But during the buyer’s due diligence, several unexpected issues surfaced, each cutting deeper into the profit I had worked years to earn.The first issue was with the water lines.

There's a transaction fee cut off each payment (to cover the cost of the company that handles the transaction).