Quote from @Yimma Davila-Castro: Hello,I am new, and I did the house hacking and got a few houses, but I am starting solo and would like to learn more to increase my house portfolio and improve my finances Welcome:  I started with a duplex and went owner occupied for a year. 

I advise that you get a job working as a PM for at least a year before trying to manage someone's investment.

If we don't tell 'em, the leads are getting bad, again, they won't improve!

You don't want to over improve a brrrr. rough napkin math: 70k purchase price + 46k rehab = 116k all in160k sale price *.92 (8% cc) = 147k147k - 116k = 31k profitSeems like a decent deal if you can sell. 

My advice is to get a real estate centric job, save and obtain practical real estate experience.

I was interested in this deal because of its proximity to a planned casino development in Bessemer City, which promised to bring jobs, economic growth, and increased housing demand to the area.

The job market doesn't seem like it's going to grow.

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These updates improved the property’s marketability and allowed me to maintain high occupancy rates on platforms like Airbnb.

A friend of mine ended up in a tough spot because he didn’t realize that improvements could be included in the exchange value under certain conditions.