Once you make a certain level of money time becomes way more valuable.  

Hey hows everyone doing im from the Mansfield ohio area finally got my first fixer upper this year so excited to get it fixed up and rented out

Use BP as a resource but realize not all responses are coming from people with same level of success.  

This is just an example, certainly conduct your own diligence but don't feel obligated to use the name brands (ie andersen, pella)..especially their entry level windows or those you will buy at a Home Depot or Lowes.

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It seems like Panama went through its own bubble where prices just skyrocketed due to an unwarranted level of demand and eventually it did/is coming back down to reality.

I own a Duplex In upper Darby PA.

Even if I was the senior lender for one of the new developments, in a downside scenario I wouldn't know what to do with the land / the half-finished or finished (but unsale-able for whatever reason) inventory.Therefore - I don't want to invest / make a loan in the development JV itself - I would rather make a loan at the parent-co level where there is collateral in the form of completed properties that are generating rental cash flow - they do have mortgages on them. 

There is no one keeping that profession to a higher level of integrity. for sure half the home inspectors are bozo's who have no clue what they are doing. 

Most of the bigger companies will turn it away due to level of danger and blight in the area.