While my fiancé has flipped several homes in the past, I have a marketing background and with Austin's current real estate market as it is .. we decided to from Rockabilly Investments in March 2013.Our favorite strategy is "Flip That House" but we have wholesaled, provided realtor listing referrals, sold leads, and partnered with a few investors in the local area to get the job done.Look forward to learning from the Bigger Pockets community,Elizabeth

In the past I have (incorrectly, I now realize) treated fix-and-flip income as short-term capital gains.

What I have done in the past is work a number (total cost for the use of the money) into the deal that will make the deal work.

If you can get actuals for the past, I suspect you'll see them low, too.

I've had that happen to me in the past. I

You always want to go thru the agent, but if they are not reasonable in the past I have knocked on the seller's door and told them directly their agent refused to present my offer.

@Jon Treskot You’re right Joe, getting started is the hardest past! I

That is big variance.If he owns that much then likely a lender he has used in the past is going to give him the best terms with his track record versus a new lender relationship that is unproven and a one off loan.

From the beginning you really should have used a dehumidifier, but you can’t change the past. I

Seth,I feel your pain and have similar problems in the past. I