We offer fix-n-flip and purchase/refi loans.

Investment Info:Condo fix & flip investment in Austin.

There might be some things worth fixing but I certainly wouldn't spend thousands to do it.

Investment Info:Condo fix & flip investment in Austin.

Typically, it's a 2 year hold. 1031 is not meant for fix and flip properties.

Your mechanicals and capital expenditures are a lot more important and more expensive to fix than a pretty kitchen. its better to live in outdated kitchen and have a well kept home with updated mechanicals/roof/hvac than one that looks pretty but will start to crumble5.

The insurance agent complained about something, which I fixed.

Vacant new fixed houses on FSBO and the sellers are unwilling to take a seller financed offer. 

We would either keep it as a cash-flowing rental property or fix it up and move in to it and rent our house.

Make sure you understand what needs to be done and enter into a written change order with the contractor before he does the work.If you agree to a fixed price quote based based on a detailed scope of work, you should not care how the contractor makes his profit.On smaller light rehab. my partner who has a full time job and extensive general contracting experience runs the job and he splits the profits.