I’ve learned through experience that if a renovation will take several weeks or months to complete, it’s usually better to hire contractors.

I have been working with my contractor about 23 years now and when we get involved in a project I go to the site at least 4-5 times per week.

Its only bene on the market for less than a week. 

Oh, and great finally meeting you a couple weeks ago!

Hi guys, I bought my 4th property about 3 weeks ago.

Agree on the advice their are sharks out there that are very good praying on people with various scams each month a new one pops up so avoid the housing market right now .In the mean time invest in a index fund that follows a benchmark like a S&P 500 each month/week put more money in when you are at a age that father wisdom has visited make small moves into the housing market .

@Bob StevensHad an off market triplex for 560k minimal work needed hit my inbox last week.

They tried to save money by filing themselves but ran into procedural issues that ultimately delayed the process by weeks.

Tried getting quoted from OBIE last week and this is the response I received for some some properties in Central Florida:" Hello,Thank you for requesting a quote with us.I apologize currently we do not have any carriers available for your properties in Florida.

Or I'm missing something - followed threads about the conversation from different folk, though.I wanted to get to visit Niagara Falls - Canada side for the week of Christmas to New Year and been looking at the hotels.