Quote from @Emily Hammer: Hi Bigger Pockets team~ I’m looking to buy my first investment property in the Raleigh area and would love to speak with other investors about their strategies.

@Jon Holdman   I hire an attorney for a few hundred bucks to read through my policies.. then I meet with my insurance broker then hammer it out... insurance is all about negotiations if you don;t know what to ask ... 

I recently went in on a flip where I put $50k into a deal, never touched a hammer or made a single phone call and made $7k in appx 4 months which is a 14% ROI which equates to an annual 42% Return. 

Thou shall not let the two meet unescorted lest it be death by the handyman's hammer.

Having gone to a top 10 MBA program, it is hammered into your skull that you invest as much as possible and borrow at any rate lower than your invested returns, via using your investments as collateral.

Redfin prices the ARV at 208K.Thus far I've paid 23K to the dodgy contractor plus another approx 19K on materials, some of which are installed and some of which are sitting inside the building.My thoughts are to just get out rather than try to hammer away at what has already been the source of too much stress.

Time: swing a hammer, Knowledge: write a book, Money: fund a deal.For me, it was worth the risk (and will continue to be).

No credit for a market that is built on credit really hammered things. 

You seem like a guy who has put a hammer to a nail.

any advice would be appreciatedI have a deal under verbal agreement at the moment until all the details are hammered out.