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They are currently 10 weeks, and required before you can make a permit application for a house. 

How about the simple obvious that the inputs to deliver the service/product have a base-line and market prices have, OBVIOUSLY, been at about as lean of operating profit margins as can be. 

Trying to do it from out of town can be a nightmare.

Credit cards have the same limitation on the amount you can borrow and will likely end up costing more than private lenders.

I'm disappointed, because I thought you were an actual German.

.: That sounds very similar to how I operate.

Also how do I make sure to get good tenants?

You can have multiple conventional mortgages and have a great credit score as long as you don't pay late or get too close to the maximum debt to income ratio.

I am guessing you like the numbers you see in Strawberry Mansion and Norristown (Montco not Philly) but do you know for a fact that at those numbers, you can do a full gut rehab and be at a number that will allow you to profit, and along the way make some sizable mistakes especially if this is your first project . . .