Now, dip the sponge in vinegar or ammonia and scrub gently in a circular motion. wash the walls and dry them with chamois cloth.

This is your single greatest lesson to take with you before you get used to starbuck's lattes, high lease car payments, mortgage payments, and designer clothing.

Broken appliances, boxes, clothes... just shtuff that's never going to be used.

My lowest rent units, often they leave almost everything, beds/sofas/closets full of clothes.

They still have to pay for transportation, food, utilities, cell phones, TV, Internet, clothing, etc.

If that means living frugal, not buying new clothes, cooking at home or reducing screen time.

Our tenant claims the washer is terrible about leaving fuzz on her clothes and sometimes does not rinse all the soap off.

Oftentimes, the one who is brave enough to say "The Emperor Has No Clothes!"

I don't know the arragement you have with your family friend, but if you don't bring cash to the table, it is going to take A LOT of successful flips to keep you housed, fed, and clothed, unless your friend wants to run a charity.I have a full-time mechanical engineering job in a chemical plant.

@Steve VaughanYou and I are made of the same cloth as far as being a problem solver and thinking outside the box when we're dealing with sellersI would rather buy own terms than put 20% down any do the weekI would rather do a joint venture with the seller and get a better result, tan do the retailing 70 per cent of ARV any day of the weekBiggerpockets is a better place for Steve Vaughn as an advisor :)