Yeah, prob way over $1500 ( but we dont know the specifics of the house) I used to do Home Inspections back in the day, as a General Contractor and NACHI Certified and generally the Realtor recommended me to the buyer.

At the end of the day as long as you find a city that fits your criteria it comes down to how good of a team you have in place.

At the end of the day a good property manager can make or break your investment.Which of the two types of investors are you?

File for eviction the day a tenant isn't paid up beyond the grace period. 

At the end of the day a turnkey company is someone who is offering a property and property management services.If you buy the property right, you can always change property managers if it's not working out.

Originally posted by @Jay Hinrichs:Originally posted by @Scott Mac:It's not my business model, but having anyone live outdoors like an animal in the USA when they hand out Section-8 to illegals upon arrival is a hard pill to swallow.They need to sort the homeless into short term vs. forever types.Steer the help to the short-term helpable when they need it, and publicly house the "more eccentric" types out in the county away from civilization.Maybe have a poor farm where they can plant gardens to feed themselves if they are able...something to keep them busy.It would give all of them someplace to live indoors at least.This street begging/tents on sidewalks thing is Un-American.Just my 2 centsdo you recall the CC camps during the depression this is what your saying and what we need.Not work camps (they had those in WWI Europe and it wasn't a very good thing).Just build something like 1 story 300 sq ft rowhouses.Bed, bath, kitchenet rooms out of concrete like a tilt-up, each with their own door outside.Row after row, and blacktop between the rows.Let them laze around all day--a leopard isn't going to change his spots, but we can change the spot the leopard lays in from city sidewalks to out in the country with a chow hall and roof over their head.Using judicial order, like when someone is ordered into a prison or a mental institution.Then if they want to come to the city, let them apply to an onsite judge.

While this may seem like a quick process from this post, it took around 5 months from signing listing papers, to final closing day. A

We are looking at flipping in the Houston area and I haven’t seen anything near that price range.I set alerts on Zillow as well as checking it 3 - 5 times a day As soon as a property comes up for sale that matches my criteria I have already thoroughly researched  the area I google the agents cel number.

The other day a unit (not mine) came on the market within 3 hours had 4 applications and 18 contacts.

@Logan DayAs you mentioned Huntsville, AL continues to see positive positive momentum.