Any sober living investors out there willing to let me pick their brain on how to underwrite a potential deal?

To find a pre-foreclosure home, buyers can search popular websites that pick up feeds from an aggregator or they can pay for the feed.

I thought it would be fun to start a thread where we can share our craziest fix-and-flip stories, biggest "oops" moments, and the golden nuggets of wisdom we've picked up along the way.

A friend of mine picked up a duplex there last year for under $150K, added some sweat equity, and turned it into a cash cow.Chattanooga, TN: This market has been quietly making waves.

& ask the people about the thing they're good at, okkk got it :)I will do that, thank you very much hey I picked up some tips from the podcast too.... still listening to it, but.... : - Robert Kiyosaki, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", and "Cashflow Quadrant" - (already have the pdf ready to go.... but also "rich dad")- Dave Ramsey- the more creative way of getting the carryback note down from 40,000 to 30,000 - and using that, to make everyone happy.... and move the deal along- and I also wrote down.... : never give a city inspector the lock box code before you get there lol…. or do try to stand in his way a bit lol -- that's awesome.... gives me an idea for the culture - and what they must be like lol.... anyways, Shiloh thank you so much - I appreciate it a lot.... great first day, checking the site out much appreciated ! 

She said she has had to pay out-of-pocket for exterminators and plumbers after getting no response to pest and leaky-pipe complaints to RAD’s property managers.Another tenant of a Mendenhall-led fund, Terry Golden, 41, said he has been dealing for about a year with a flooded basement that his property managers have neglected to repair at his 880-square-foot home in West Philadelphia’s Haddington section.His living and dining rooms are piled high with belongings he’d previously been storing in the basement: furniture, appliances, trophies from his days coaching little-league football.

Agree with others that you will probably need to lower the rent - suggest 5% every 2-4 weeks until activity picks up. 

You cannot cherry pick a lender its not that easy you have to be more involved as a Banker or Loan officer.If you are not a lender my first thought was how welll versed are your point of contacts to assist a borrower unless its done through your software.

Pick one, but pull the trigger.

You can pick up a duplex in decent condition in a C-class neighborhood and hit the 1% rule