Besides, laminate floors make "most" units look more "down market" than carpet, except in kitchens and baths where I always use ceramic tile.Please spend some time reading the archives here, pay particular attention to all the posts from people who thought a "skinny" deal was OK because it was a way to "get their feet wet", get started, get in the game etc.BTW, I pay CASH for all my deals, do my own repairs, except A/C (I can trouble shoot and repair that except for the "sealed-freon" bits) and I wouldn't bother to answer an ad on a deal like this.

read this article. and this will clearly explain why SF bay area and other markets that are prime that a little bit of negative cash flow is no biggee and is the better play.https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/201...

Another major benefit to this method is it leaves you with a great easily sortable archive of all your invoices and receipts.

From the Smoking Gun:http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1209081rod1.htmlWARNING: vulgar language....but it's funny and apparently true.

@Todd Burton thanks for archiving the video.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/...

I bet they can give you some general ideas about value, if you keep it historically correcthttp://seattle.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/heres-10-historic-victorian-homes-on-the-market-in-washington.php

We use Gsheets to keep a shared accounting for various assets and projects so that we can share this amongst team members in the cloud, along with Google drive and Sharefile to share documents and archives projects. 

Also check the City's online Zoning Archive where all the history of the buildings permits and prior use and occupancy usually is located.

If interested go to the hispanic TV channel, 48 , in Mcallen, click on archivos for archives and then look on the 5th for protestantes.