We don't have an instruction manual, crystal ball to the future, or a road map with guaranteed outcomes. 

And with more renovations, you will start to get better at ball parking things, but even then you will always uncover items, so make sure you are baking in enough profit, even after conservative renovation budgets to feel confident you won't lose money.

This is in my ball park!

Play ball with them.Be prepared to follow through on the agreement.

I went after a bad appraisal (Who bragged about low balling appraisals) Because he said it was his duty to not let buyers over pay for a property...

And the 24 door funnel plays for all of these roofs and rehabs and the ball just keeps on rolling into one giant snowman.

I started/continued cultivating about half dozen different commercial brokers, by taking incoming cold/warm calls from brokers for off market offers(calls I used to just hang up on) from their fund buyers and deep pocket private investors, and soon realized(as few of the brokers had warned) that off market deals for this asset are always gonna be low ball, no matter how premium my location.

“If corporate feels they can make more money if they can get that person out and get somebody new in there, they can,” Torres said.Eviction by golf cartAt the Cyprus Apartments complex, with rows of tile-roofed buildings and more than 500 units, evictions were conducted under the shade of a golf cart as the temperature crept to 109 degrees.April Cordova, the property’s manager, surveyed the damage at an already empty unit.

There are a variety of ways but you just need to build relationships with clients and get the ball rolling.  

@Chris Simmons - I'll keep you posted on how it works out for me, hopefully I can get this ball rolling soon.