Please note these were the cellular style, not sure how they stack up with other styles but the quality was excellent and price-wise they beat several of the .com blind stores I checked in addition to HD.

I like your style!

Though there is no "hood" in Sherman Oaks, the exact same style/value/rate properties show up on rental search engines in both Long Beach and Sherman Oaks.

Is it possible to buy an apartment building portfolio, and sell a few of units to individual (not create a CO-OP style sale), which the individual do get deeds etc.

I bought a simple cottage style plan online, got a local architect to slightly alter the foundation and seal the plan, and set to work with a shovel digging the foundation.

Say I do a small mail out campaign to absentees and find a seller in order to find the same house style I want, but for as cheap as possible.

If I decide to go forward, I think a smaller, mom & pop broker would be more my style.

I would be working with the realtor and designer to get their 'buy-in' on the colors/style for a faster sale.Would you sell the place as is, and use the rehab money for the purchase of a second property, or go ahead  use it to rehab?

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it is a great place to live also if you can make a living in a resort style town.