At any time, anything can happen to a host and it's best to be prepared!

Prepare to be tenacious to get what you want here. 

I'll just add, you need to prepare the scene before taking a picture.

The higher appreciating plays of these will be in TX or OK but with the higher interest rate that comes with the dscr loan I'd be prepared to put more money down. 

I do a procedure every year at tax preparation time. 

I guess, I just wasnt prepared so if you want to avoid my mistakes you must prepare yourself mentally and be fortified because devious personality types will at some point come for your money and they will come as a friend.

He claimed that they had properties ready to sell to me and the 10K was to recover their costs on work that had already been done to prepare the property for me. 

I've largely stayed away from the "sub-to" buz word, but I have done a couple sub-to flips knowing that I only needed to hold onto them a couple months and I was prepared to pay off the notes if they were called.Sub-to for long-term hold on the other hand has me nervous. 

The entire agent model would perish because most of the time off-market listings are new leads that need to be prepared before hitting the market.

You can try your luck to see how long it’ll take for the roots to re-grow, but be prepared to eventually make the proper repairs.