I had some taste of this when we bought our first condo about 4 years ago - looks like it's still a seller's market out there.

Oh and don't forget, extra job will do two things, decrease Debt to income, plus you can use extra cash for debt payoff or down payment.If you still fall short, you can always sell couple of bottles of blood a month or/and if you still have any energy left, get a third weekend job.I honestly would do all that, not because i want to get into my own house so bad, because getting my first property will give me the taste of blood that real estate investing is.

It seems that if the RE agent is not educated on how investors operate, that going back and forth would be bad taste. 

You get to fix it to your taste.

Some of the things we are doing over the course of that year are taking the carpet out of the basement and putting down a granite or travertine tile floor, replacing mailbox, painting some of the house to suit the tastes of buyers in that neighborhood.

That being said, it's too expensive for my taste.

Once  you get a taste of the land business you can never go back or to fix and flip houses.

Location: 340 East Randolph Sought after Corner Unit 3/2.5 roughy 1800sq Purchase Price: 1.8 (wholesale deal) Rehab: 500k (could have been done for probably 150k/200k less but owner has exquisite tastes) ARV: 2.95 (conservative)4 month Start to Finish RehabIf you have any questions please feel free to ask!

Also like Chilean Cabs a friend of mine worked for Mondavi and they had a great collaboration with a high end Chilean producer and that wine was as good as anything I have ever tasted..

My CPA has been doing my taxes for over ten years and definitely knows enough about RE to keep me out of trouble, but as I get more active I am concerned that he will not be proactive or assertive enough for my tastes.