Id also equip the tenant with strainers and inform them not to put oil down the drain.

I knew this was certainly no get-rich-quick flip or even barely pay the bills flip from the beginning, but I was motivated to get my first flip under my belt...and more importantly to use it to attract a bigger fish who would bring money to the table for flips going forward. 

It's ok to pay a reasonable amount of money (not $50,000 or $100,000) for education to help flatten the learning curve but be careful, there are snake oil salesmen roaming these halls. 

You could make an offer with a due diligence period to give you a chance to get inspections, and check for any environmental issues (cars leaking fuel, oil, etc... could be an issue). 

There is a soy bean oil product that can be sprayed on composition shingles and it makes them plyable again.

We took the annual oil bill, divided by 12 and just tack it onto the rent ea month.

You ever hear the old teach a man to fish saying?

We are putting together a program on how to use family office, hedge fund, endowment, pension and sovereign wealth funds for not just real estate but oil & gas, metals and minerals and other verticals.Why seek accredited investors at 50-100K a pop when one fund can write one check and usually leave the funds in longer than a year.

I enjoy all my trips to Salt Lake City, especially when I can trout fish in Idaho on the way home!

because they will be cutting into your walls when they can’t fish a wire.