Meaning you may be able to do some cosmetic or smaller renovations like bathrooms or kitchens in your duplex when the tenants turn over and those smaller investments can demand higher rents, so in the longterm you may have more cashflow from the duplex to help fund a future investment in another property while you wait for market conditions to change.

Let's say there's 3 properties in a 1-mile radius with 5b/3b, but one is a foreclosure and the other 2 are regular conventional sales.If you're doing a comp for your subject (4th) property, do you have to take the foreclosure one into consideration?

You’re going to have to find a specialized function that can’t be farmed out to the Philippines in the $5-$10/hr range.

Of course, for some they would not want to do anything different than what they already are doing.

But if there is a job loss and can't pay then do the notice and or cash for keys program. 

First flip with good margins and intending to do more in the realm of real estate?

In my experience, you either put the hours in up front or at the end, but either way you (or someone on your team) has to do it.

@Nate LaBlance while @Stuart Udis has some great advice, we do NOT recommend letting an agent do your tenant screening.First off, they have a CONFLICT OF INTEREST - they don't get paid until they place a tenant.

I love my CPA just wondering about what a fair price is for a CPA to do our taxes.

Quote from @Sofia De Santos Tavarez: Hello, my husband and I are looking to do our first rehab in a different city than where we live (we live in Austin and looking to buy in El Paso), and are wondering how one determines and writes a scope of work and determine what material to buy for what.