Do you have any suggestions for attaching the structure with horizontal/diagonal beams to the house maybe?

Do you see any diagonal cracks?

thanks bob and james..adam, good questions....i planned to list at 95-99 the whole time...my rehab came in so under budget, and i have never flipped a house during the winter....i didn't want to wait until spring to get paid, so i figured i'd rather list at 89 and take it now...i got a strong offer with 20% down, but it was pretty low...i told him 81 was the lowest i'd go..i always pretend that there may only be one buyer looking at that time...i want to turn nobody away, and make sure that the one buyer will buy my home over anything else in the area...i got a great deal on this property, and while i could've held out for more money, i'm happy with my profit, and more importantly, the buyer is happy bc he knows he got a great deal...that doesn't bother me at all..if i waited til april or may, i prob could've sold for 95ish, but now i have money to reinvest into 2 flips, that will both be on the market around early summer...as for your question on upgrades, i think this is pretty much on par for the neighborhood....this area is very trendy.i've learned how to do inexpensive things that look like upgrades...for example..it's a small house, with a small livingroom...prewiring for a flatscreen TV isn't hard or expensive, but it's a nice touch for an oler 60's home that most don't expect...it cost very little...the tiles on the kitchen floor are mostly the .67/ft tile from depot...by adding in a border and setting the middle tiles on the diagonal, it makes it look custom and expensive, but the materials were not bad at all...same with the backsplash, which was a great deal..also, this house faced the back of a grocery store...that didnt' seem to bother most people, and i'm thinking it was bc the inside and backyard looked so good..sometimes, it's worth it to spend a few extra on things to make them forget about the flaws...hope that helps

Come to NYC and you'll see brokers pitch MF buildings with cap rates at parity with 10 yr treasuries.

And then I bought a little house diagonally across from the community - vacant lots on either side, that are regularly mowed, and new houses across the street.

 So far I've only done long-term buy and holds.An upportunity has presented to buy 6 acres in an up and coming area to subdivide and develop a subdivision.There is an easement on the property with powerlines that goes through  most of the property diagonally. 

I had to remediate the absestos adhesive under the resilient flooring in the kitchen and large pantry before I ripped all the luan plywood up and the 3/4 oak flooring underneath it with plywood over the diagonal planks, then cement board, then tile.

I have a ramp for moving my snowblower or bigass generator. 10 foot pipes or moldings can fit diagonally, and I have a roof rack for larger loads, or my kayaks and canoe.It's a 2001 I bought in 2004 with 60k for $7700.

@Shaun Reilly  your exactly right  those that bought in 07 and 08 peaks  many to most are still underwater.. those that bought in the best markets have gotten back to parity basically and even made gains... its this new crop of investor that jumped in 2010 ish that are going to benefit on the rebound...

Few people realize this, but when pundits are claiming that the US spends more than the next X countries combined they are using nominal spending numbers, which are of course meaningless.When however we use spending numbers adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity US spending on the military is roughly equal to the next two contenders combined, Russia and China.