But on the other hand, the flipper is typically in and out of the property in less than 12 months, while the real estate fund's play typically spans several years.

It took me about $50,000 to get it up to snuff - but that was almost just materials since I did a lot of the labor myself (over a two year span.)

I once converted a 1% listing agent condo listings into two other listings and two buyers totaling around $25K in commissions and minimal effort in a 1 month span all because I took the listing at a discount and sold it at the open house etc. 

That means prices doubled, roughtly, over that span.

I did not read the article since I have the attention span of a 2 year old, but I was sent an article today that said Phoenix has fallen 55.6% (10th in the nation).

I did this online as well, and I actually finished the 75 hours of class in about 10 hours over a span of 3 days (I used realestateexpress.com again).

In today's YouTube society people's attention span is hyper short and you need to get to the point quickly or they will lose interest!

FHA's analysis disclosed that among the most egregious examples of predatory lending was on "flips" that occurred within a very brief time span, often within days.

Generally you want to go with someone who has experience presenting things in that particular town, so you're on the right track asking for Providence specifically.If Peter is too busy to help you, and no one else recommends someone, one backup option you could pursue would be to review recent minutes from the Providence Zoning Board of Review and see which attorney names appear with some regularity (and for different clients, since one matter often spans multiple meetings).As a backup backup option, I can put you in touch with the attorney who wrote the excellent "Rhode Island Zoning for Non-Lawyers" handbook.

They have blocked my calendar and have not provided these document over a two month span and even VRBO could not get them to send these documents.