I am training our son to basically do the rehabs but there is a learning curve.  

Since 2021-2022 and the surge in prices in basically all markets across the country, how are fix and flippers evaluating properties.

This is basically a math problem that will depend on both you personal finances & also how much of this is an investment vs you want a nice house to live in4.

Quote from @Jason Hatfield: @Jaycee Greene  they require a non refundable deposit and give 48hrs to see proof of funds I would suggest developing a relationship with an HML/PML that would give you a "guidance line" that would basically be a "pre-approval" for situations like this to present to the buyer/auction company.

A true levelized cost of energy (what the true price would be if it were an actual free market) gets very complicated quickly and it's basically impossible to calculate accurately due to the energy industry being so heavily manipulated by incentives from the government for so long, across all forms of energy. 

There are a lot of groups out there that basically want you to pay them to find the mentor deals, so he can take a slice of your deals. 

That's why it is important for you to know the basics of lending and do not solely rely on what your Loan Officer is telling you.

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They then missed out on several more years of growth because they got out of the game and waited on the sidelines for things to look better. 2010 to 2012 was the period that cash investors were the players or those with IRA keep in mind investor loans were still basically non existent in those years for all those expect very well to do Investors beginners were not getting investor loans. 

In the end we had to pay to turn the space back in to a white box/shell and closed with basically zero physical assets.