then when you are ready to have them do the work you already know who charges what.Or if you just need to estimate materials because you are going to do the work yourself just make it a habit to look through circulars in the paper and stroll through your local hardware store (lowes, home depot, etc.) every once in a while.

Any advice other than joining a club (which i'm going to do here shortly but the closest one to me is 45 mins away) to get ahold of interested investors ( i have an add to run in the paper to attract investors to be intersted in purchasing properties off of me).

Check the transfers in the Sunday paper if provided (by zip code in our state) and ride by to see who's buying what and at what price.

:roll: The point of buying the option fromyou is to get the cheaper price.It's like: your wife sees a dollar-off coupon in the paper andcuts it out and lays it on the counter where she'll see it whenshe goes shopping.

The question is would this be considered a cash out refi as I would own the home outright on paper?

You have to be sure you are familiar with an area first, though, because there are some pretty bad ones out there with what look like good deals on paper.

In Kentucky, I can rent a property over a weekend by placing a small ad in the Sunday paper and a sign in the yard.4.

I think the quote in the paper last week said, "Home sales are strong but not surging" in and around Austin.

used to advertise in the local paper.

I've looked at several on paper and have found a few that look like they would generate decent cash flow.