(A small trick of the trade.)

I like my privacy, I like my space, etc... you'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice in your day to day living for the next few years and trade that against maximizing your return long term.

Again it could be a reasonable cost depending on what all they had to do.There are multiple issues here.1.Most of the items mentioned for repair should have shown up on an inspection of the property PRIOR to purchasing.In my mind if you didn't get a inspection from a 3RD party inspector not affiliated with the company selling you the property then these repairs are on you for not doing due diligence.2.The other component is that this property manager has their own crew.I don't like that one but and would never agree to it.Sometimes managers also get referral fees for giving business to skilled trades even if they don't have their own crew.The problem becomes then instead of getting the best rate they have to pad it a little to give back to the property manager for the referral.So either way I am sure the property manager is reaping a benefit monetarily from it.This way they make more than the lousy 50 to 60 bucks a month managing a property.This is why I am not a fan of "one off houses" in an area far away from where I live.This is why I like owning apartment buildings.I can find a full time highly trained manager easily and they use systems and programs to control cost and everything is documented.Since they only focus on management and are not a broker/agent doing transactions and then handling "rentals on the side" my properties get the focus they need to be ran properly.It just sounds like you purchased wrong and then on top of that have a property manager padding fees with the repairs.REO agents used to do this with banks.They wouldn't make much commission on selling the little dumpy houses so would have their company do the trashout,re-key,repairs and charge full market for it.Eventually the banks caught on and choosed their own company to perform tasks and only let the broker list the property for sale.Sometimes that works and other times it doesn't as the broker or manager is now dealing with outside parties they can't control saying work was completed properly and it wasn't.If you haven't had an inspection of the property I would do it now to see what all else might come up in the future so you can expect it and plan for it.

Okay hard money pros...Scenario:-A fully licensed real estate (deeds...not money) broker in California wishes to make hard money loans at very high interest rates in trade for aggregating money sources for fix-and-flippers and providing the fund apparatus where they can pool investors' money-The broker/lender inserts a choice of law provision in the contract stating that the laws of California apply-The broker/lender loans on projects in other statesI read in other posts that people have received advice from attorneys stating that the choice of law provision somehow "imports" the rules of Cali and allows one to lend at usurious rates.

That is why you want to buy below Market Value.Market Value is the price an asset will trade (sell) in an open competitive environment.Defined as follows: Market value is the estimated amount for which a property should exchange on the date of valuation between an educated buyer and a reasonably motivated seller in an arms-length transaction after proper marketing wherein the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently, and without undue influence.The delineation of "After Repair" or "As Is" technically exists only as jargon amongst REI groups and conversations.

One election covers all crops representing a single trade or business.

I have traded stocks on and off for years and I am shocked at how many daytraders get taken out with just a single bad trade.

NO MORE FREE MONEYFree "Job based" education for students graduating with a GPA of 3.5 of above & they keep it for 4 years as long as they maintain high scholastic standards.Change our trade practices to make it to expensive to out source jobs.GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICSI'm sure I could write a list 100 points long.

So, I went to the IRS to get forms and the lady at the counter said I am a trade or business and need to send the form.

As someone who dabbles in day trading once in awhile, I always set my exit strategy before going into a position, taking gains or losses at predetermined prices without (much) emotion in order to profit or cut my losses early.As a young real estate investor with a full time job, I have been acquiring SFH rentals at 60% to 70% discounts from 2006 highs in the Phoenix market.