Should have asked: J, what would you be envisioning as all the work?

While I don't envision turnkey investments as my bread and butter down the road, I hope it'll serve as a primer for future deals in which I'll handle more on my own.

But honestly, on a house that is <10 years old, I cant envision spending more than $30,000 on this over the next 30 years (1 new roof, 1 new HVAC, 2 new Water Heaters).Oh, and I came across the 1/3 (33%) rule: P&I < 33% rent.No financing in the Baltimore area?

It maybe difficult to envision due to the bad rep we have in Chicago, but in my opinion the building inspectors in the suburbs are much more "stern" or "strict" than in Chicago itself.

Even if the investor can exhibit a positive profit with the conversion of the loan, what obstacles do you envision?

I guess when @Justin Turner described the transaction, I had envisioned a straight purchase of the property, except that the deed the purchaser receives is merely subject to the first lien interest.

- Ability to determine seller motivation in real time- Ability to more accurately predict a specific or neighborhood property valueWhat is the goal of the big data application you're envisioning?

"This isn't quite the change we envisioned."

It's a question of how you envision this service impacting service to clients.

Peddling every day information as "secrets" in a high pressure sales pitch designed to separate large amounts of money from ignorant newbies is not something I can envision Tim doing.