You can buy an assembly for $50-$100 and they are really easy to replace.

I figure I can replace a fuser drive gear (Swing Plate Assembly) on an HP4345 which is a 4 hour job I can install an HVAC system.

I am fairly new to real estate investing but I have learned a lot already and have a team assembled in Louisville KY.

If you have the time and money to fly to an OOS market, assemble a team on your own, and are willing to take on extra risk for the chance to make a bigger profit, try the DIY route and see how it suits you.

@Scott Choppin good post agree.although BP is fine for free advice for those starting out in the most basic of transaction IE buying a simple rental house.Development is not the same as you allude to and cannot be coached from the keyboard.takes a team of experts to put most deals together you just need to know who and how to assemble the team then you need deep pockets and a good amount of negotiating skills with bureaucrats who are paid whether your project goes or not.Oregon used to be relatively simple my first project here in 94 was a 100 lots in Yamhill county I got it into contract and tentative map approved in 4 months.. they don't do EIR's here.. if its in the city and zoned its just engineering.. stuff can come up.. like we could not get water pressure and I had to bring a 12 inch water line 1/2 a mile and buy 3 easements.. but my map was approved subject to conditions. 

The reason the AP policy has been in effect is that the CA constitution provides for same as defined during initial legislative formation in 1853 and subsequent assemblies whereby policy was to keep lands productive and reduce fallow fields as well as a means to address abuses by homesteaders and early Californios (an old term) who did not utilize their lands and prevent neighboring rancheros from paying their taxes and putting their fields and range lands to active.It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree with the policy; it's the law.

I cannot reconcile my conscious to live in a state with a governor, state assembly, state senate and both United States Senators so diametrically opposed to my personal beliefs/values.

If you're a full time real estate investor, of course buying distressed properties is the way to go but if you have a full time job, busy family life and don't have the time or skill to assemble a team and do it yourself, turn key is the way to go.

Kitchen would be RTA (ready-to-assemble cabinets) with prefabricated granite counter top.  2 guys would be able to finish a 10x10 kitchen in 1 1/2 day. 

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