--- EXAMPLE: house price $150k, needs $50k of work, After Repaired Value (ARV) is at least $200k.

I’m primarily in relatively upscale buildings which helps minimize my repairs and maintenance.

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another. 

Generally - the depreciation on the structure, mortgage interest, property taxes, repairs & maintenance, insurance, property manager, utilities, vehicle expenses (mileage), professional fees (reports/CPA), home office (office supplies, percentage of utilities, continuing education).

Unless you had a foundation repair company you trust tell you needed a french drain.

shopping for this also, found this post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

The coffee shop is open.

Since this is a post about our loan shop, I'll highlight that we are a small loan shop (30 employees), family-owned just trying to get more clients by placing their loans well and treating customers well.

Doing general paint and carpet cleaning for this property along with some minor repairs, junk removal and fixed a couple small plumbing issues (mostly deferred maintenance).

I was very pleasantly surprised.I also built a tool myself, I had a lot of issues finding service person for different repairs need.