Furnishings and outfitting run about $20/ft professional but if you DIY at $15 and its 1,500 sq ft $22,500.AirDNA has the property at $65,000 Annual Gross.

I then do a search for the “real owner,” and get their phone number and they are shocked when I call them."

Buy something that will be in demand for years to come and rent to tenants you want to rent to (college, young professionals, families, grandparents).

That really is the only way to have an efficient professional partnership - total open communication whether the conversation is pleasant or sour. 

I suspect they have probably gone full blown HML doing  A  and  D But yes legit professional and once approved they will fund. 

Readers should seek professional advice.

They started the business from scratch in 2003 with a combination of wholesaling, fix-and-flips, and non-conventional financing sources like private lending, seller financing, and lease options—which remains their expertise today.If you had one question for a professional real estate investor who retired themselves by 37, what would it be??

@Sean Relyea switch to a professional property management software system, Buildium, AppFolio, etc.

Part of it is that for the longest time, it was considered professionally unethical for an architect to do any type of development themselves.

Especially since you've had professionals out there already.