I'm doing research first, to try to uncover anything that I'd regret my decision for.

Assuming 50% OE, and hitting the $100 per door cash flow (which everyone should use as a minimum in my opinion), may not be a good investment as your due diligence may uncover that the area is in a large downturn resulting in reduced rents over time, higher expenses, less tenants to choose from a declining population, no upside potentials, etc. etc. etc.

One of the best ways to uncover the motivation of the seller is to find out why they are selling.

If I remember Reed uncovered some facts about Whitney's youth where he ran afoul of the law and printed the court documents on his website.

Although these factors may not be an immediate part of the financial considerations they should be as shortcomings in due diligence can prove expensive and, of course, issues uncovered should be reflected in the purchase price of the property.

You need seasoned analysts and economists who have their finger on the pulse of the global real estate market to help uncover truly valuable investment opportunities. 3.

I have a team of economists and analysts uncover a market in the world that is currently quiet but will be hot in the near future.

You will need a small budget for advertising, and patience will be a virtue because these types of deals can take more effort to uncover and complete.

Your lender will most likely require a title search that will uncover any liens.

I have bought properties that needed roof and sometimes we would need to get on the roof to tell if there was one or two layers of shingles, but we always new how many layers before we started the job.You also said "they looked in the attic and didn't see any need for redecking" It would be blatantly clear from looking in the attic that there was more than one layer of shingles (look at the number of roofing nails sticking through the decking).As for uncovering bad roof decking during the tear off process, sometimes you just don't know until you tear off the shingles, other times its obvious from looking in the attic or walking on the roof.Sounds like this company has taken you for a ride.