Go out and look at properties in the area and see what they sell for and see how they compare to the property you want to sell.Check your newspaper or local newspaper website and see what the property transfer look like.

Painted all other woodwork in bright white, painted all the interior and exterior of the house and put in a new stockade fence and removed all the over grown shrubs that were the retaining wall.Both bathrooms put in real granite counter tops with under mount sinks and SS faucets.Picked up a great deal ( paid $450 for all ) that’s the big stuff.So hears the short House again Located in Oklahoma city , OK1538 sf.Built in 19783 bed 2 bath2 car garageBrickCathedral living and master bedRanch 1 fireplaceShe owed $69,000 I did all the work and had all the tools .Only big tool I bought was an airless paint sprayer ( $400)And rented a “ pogo stick “ to remove tile ( say $100 )Total out of pocket was $9,500 Sold in 9 days FSBO ( craigs list , spent $90 on newspaper add no one came, put signs all over some big and small, only 3 ever looked and the last 2 got into a bidding war , this house Is located in the middle of a one square mile area full of neighborhoods and at the end of a street.By the Numbers House is 1538sfOwed on house $69.000 ( $44.86 psft.)Spent on rehab $9,500 ($6.18 psft.)Sold in 9 days $122.500 ( $79.65 psft.)On the last 10 sales in area 1-18-08 thru 9-1-08Highest psft. $80.59Lowest psft. $52.21Average $72.82 ( 10 sales )What we ended up with was $114.00 ( $74.12)After paying taxes , taking off $1000 for not finishing the retaining wall ,paying closing etc. we also had to pay mortgage and utilities over that 3 mo.

Rigid floors don’t telegraph subfloor inconsistencies and installation was much easier than than the flopsy, flimsy stuff. 

It is a tort (civil wrong) making the person or entity (like a newspaper, magazine or political organization) open to a lawsuit for damages by the person who can prove the statement about him/her was a lie.

I was told that the property is not being marketed by the bank and that I should watch the newspaper for an auction notice.

Don't forget about real estate commissions as well when you sell.Unfortunately it's articles like these in major newspapers that give new house flippers and inflated sense of how much money can be made in this business.

It wasn't easy because I had to look through newspapers and various sites but I did find it so now have a pretty nice little package of properties to bring to the table and put up a greensheet and Houston chronicle ad.

I first saw his ad in the neighborhood newspaper.

Then he didn't do what we agreed on the tub surround which cost me extra money (because it was already done when I stopped by to check out the work and he told me "don't worry it looks good") and then the tile floor he didn't completely finish and when I pointed out what we spoke about on the paperwork, he cursed at me and stormed out.His drywall guy left a hole in the wall, and he said he could finish it, so he started stuffing some newspaper in there and tried taping/mudding over it.

One method I am using is looking in the financial newspaper where they publish the names and addresses of "foreclosures".