Wages are lower and workers need work more.I also negotiate the price of the work long before I ever pay a dime so I never overpay.I can understand you may be having unscrupulous contractors taking advantage, but are you sure that's because the properties are out of state and not because you didn't get a rockstar contractor referral from someone dependable?

It looks like we will be having a meetup in Lisbon soon ...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/76/topics/658137-property-investment-in-portugal?

One reason is the property could be have changed (burned, damaged, etc) and the investor wants out.

Above all else I am a persevering expletive that will make this happen, somehow.Dear Santa / BP I have been a moderately behaved boy and would desperately like some;AdviceGuideanceMentoringOh, and a bit of funding Thanks all Ash

I'd be prepared to go up to $1100, but after that I just don't think its' worth.and before anybody asks, I will be having a roommate to pay his half, his name will be on the lease, and Ive known him for a while and will have him sign a seperate agreement with me becasue basically he'll just be paying me back for fronting the money.Speaking of which, can anybody get me a link for such an agreement?

If you're free this Thursday evening, we'll be having a meetup for local members down in Morrisville at Ruckus Pizza starting at 6pm and it usually lasts until around 8:30-9pm.

Probably.Of course, the key would be having the ability to identify these fringes and then evaluating properties quickly for good deals!

Christopher we will be having more discussion with them.

One, we think is playing games but may just be having a hard time.

I knew I'd be having him go look at a large number of $100k properties (low commission) in sketchy areas while doing it all remotely via FaceTime.