This is in Massachusetts, if that makes any difference.

Your ability to obtain financing will likely come before limitations on institutions.

The appraisal institute courses are usually high quality but also a pretty expensive.I am reading Marty Boardman's book about flipping houses and it is an excellent overview of the process.

No, the person or institution who finances a property - whether a car or real property - does not OWN the property.

Couple of questions about evictions in MA.

Brecht Palombo requested, hounded, double chked for my letter for HELOC, (pa)our bank stmt for other project (NJ)none for MA flip

Aside from the Springfield area, Western MA is very rural.

As a third party, commercial management firm and Accredited Management Organization (AMO) through the Institute of Real Estate Management, we are required to maintain E & O insurance.

My plan with that is to paint all of the walls and fix the garage door which is all that needs to be done and occupy it for 6 mo- 1 year and then rent it out for a year and move back with ma and pa.

Hey Ryan, just curious, where in ma?