Hi guys, I'm new to north New Jersey and I'm looking for a real estate agent who has a lot of experience finding good flips and has a deep knowledge of the area.  

Tough to find houses, even distressed, that can be purchased at a deep enough discount to fix and flip for a decent profit and then the value of the properties have been rising so fast that it's tough to imagine the rate being sustainable to justify an appreciation play.

I live in the deep south and haven't seen snow in years not any real snow anyway, good point lol.  

But if you dig deep and work on where you can get the price down and potentially raise rents -- consider that.  

You dove into the deep end of the pool without knowing how to swim but some people learn that way :).

Not rental stock but that city has deep old money... not what I had imagined.

If there isn't a large gap between what you can qualify for and the general market prices perhaps you can use a 203K loan and find a multifamily fixer upper at a deep enough discount.  

Add a good deep cleaning after the repairs and maybe the tenants will appreciate your pro-activeness and reciprocate by keeping the basement clean.

In this episode of The Flip King podcast Joe dives deep into that idea, giving you some important things to think about when it comes to using the “WHO” of your situation to motivate and fill your life.Do you really know “WHAT” it is that you do in your business?

My family has been here for multiple generations and has always been very involved in the area, including on the real estate front, so I have deep roots in and love for the place, and come by my interest in real estate honestly :-) Professionally, I'm an interior designer specializing in high end residential design for successful, busy professionals, and aging-in-place/universal/accessible design, for those who either need it now or (preferably) want to plan ahead, just in case, knowing that at least 68% of us will be disabled in some way eventually, or who know they have some health issues for which they know they will eventually need to make some modifications to their homes if they want to continue to live there.