They brought their laptop with pics, prices, etc..It was very informative.

I find every day my truck is getting pack more and more with stuff.For instance:Standards-A ladder so I can quickly look into the attic area.Small tool box with standard wrenches, pliers, screwdriver etcRegular 30’ tape measure and electronic tape measureBriefcase with contract, MLS sheetsLock boxesDoor knobsSlightly Unusual-Compass, believe it or notBolt cuttersMounted laptop to access the internet for on the spot researchSoon, I will be using my box truck as my pov, that way I can immediately board up the property when I have a contract on it.

Know Your Product, Know Your AudienceAdditionally, knowing that intown buyers, loft buyers and Millenials are very attracted to the modern style of their furnishings, this location made perfect sense.  

Thought I'd share a lesson that was reinforced for me today that ended up saving me from doing a bad deal and losing a bunch of money.tl/dr: make sure that you're getting your own estimate from YOUR general contractor instead of trusting one that a seller/wholesaler has and then verifying after you put under contractI'm working with a wholesaler that I haven't worked with in the past and found a deal in Essex (outside Baltimore) that I liked.Here are some of the pictures of the house:Based on the pictures, we considered this a complete cosmetic rehab - the house was shown to be in pretty good shape but there was some work that needed to be done to modernize the house in order to bring current market prices in Essex.Here was the info we had from the wholesaler:Single family, 3/2 bath1320 SFPrice: $90,000Rehab: $35,000ARV: $200,000And the kicker: the seller had a one month old SOWk that had already been prepared by a local general contractor and laid out the $35k in rehab costs.There was enough info at this point to deep dive into the analysis.

@Andrew DanielIt really depends on the property and on your market.We will be doing a full-gut retrofit on a Victorian duplex (will be three units when we finish) and I am planning to send the two clawfoot tubs out to be refinished in a victorian era pastel aqua, red or yellow ... the form will fit the era, the colour will add a bit of pop and tie into a more modern vanity.

In our modern culture, unlike it was a hundred years ago, college is mostly a vocational school sold on the middle class that provides the key to the corporate jobs that people hate.

You need to pick something a little more modern.

I tried multiple times on my laptop and it would freeze up every time and apparently did not post.

The Plan in the beginning was to Acquire ten Rental Houses that produced positive Rents and in ten years, fix up the five worst to Sell and pay off the remaining five houses to be worth a Million Dollars with $3000 a month in Rents to live on...I also have gone from Mutual Fund Investing to Stocks and then Options on Stocks to Daytrading just the S&P Emini Future in the morning on my laptop.

@Lynn Currie @Jon Klaus  @J Scott  @Jay Hinrichs Thought I'd @mention you because I know you like modern style, and spec builds.