You are right; there is no harm in looking and starting to get the feel for the industry.

[especially in NC] Can I generally rely on that for an estimate to get the place up to habitability?

Just my opinion... developers have a habit of being overleveraged- Donald Trump has taken many of his companies down the BK solution...

Tenants have a bad habit of buying cheap, heavy, stuff, and leaving it behind, now you have another headache!

Please let me know if anything i said doesnt make sense, as i have a habit of doing that on message boards.

This really harms the ability to refinance or value a property as the public data is not reflective of the deals being done.Are the deals publicly recorded?

Even if you manage the property yourself you should still include the 10% in your calculations unless you are routinely in the habit of working for free.

Unable to locate the bats inside the apartment...tenant went home for a few days and I finally rescued 3 bats stunned during the day and placed them into tree branches where they couldn't be harmed.

There is a new firm starting that only offers gas around America from quality nations that do not want to harm us.

If the people you get in bed with on deals are shady, then you in effect become shady with them and your habits become shady.