Lotta stuff to learn...

If you're looking for stuff to renovate, you should be looking for 15-30k range per unit (upper limit reserved for very large apartments with very good bones, off street parking etc.)Joe

I can tell you in the neighborhood i was in, lots of people were doing this stuff themselves and NOT doing things right!

I know loads of stuff about compliance, practices and real estate law that I'll likely rarely if ever need.

For this fact alone I your default has to be there is unknown hair on the deal.

She was adamant that she does not want to list or work with a realtor (her mom lives with her and they have the tiny house packed with stuff) - though she has "called around" and thinks her house is worth maybe $450K when it's more like $415K as-is... so I'll need to reset expectations since my offer will be around $335K.QUESTION: What is a good way to lock up a deal with her given her longer timeline?

whether it be gas, marketing etc..Like it said above.. all this no money down stuff depends on your finding a deal sweet enough that someone else will lend you their $ to run with it... 

Many tenants buy stuff to feel better about themselves, both because buying is an act of power when they feel powerless and because there's a deep comfort in having a lot of your stuff around you to help you forget that the house you live in is not yours.

On the other hand you're right about this stuff being viewed mostly on phones rather than 27" monitors.One of the main benefits I see from a DSLR besides extra wide angle would be using flash bounce off the ceiling, perhaps multiple flash using slaves.

Hi @Nancy Bachety and @Chris Martin,Chris seems like he really knows his stuff.