Usually when I am going around with a realtor I can hold my own with the number analysis, but I am a little clueless when it comes down to repairs (what is the life shelf for a good roof?

The rent control laws are slightly more restrictive, but it's safer and the city services are infinitely better.

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I'd suggest you talk to a bank attorney as this is a commercial note and is not an off the shelf note you would find.

.- West Suburbs of Atlanta- 4/2 (listed as 3/2 on MLS) split-level built in 2003- Listed 2/10/2011 @ $50K- Offered $43K - Next day, bank asked for Highest and Best- Submitted $45K, all-cash, $5K EMD, close in 2 weeks- Bank "accepts" offer and sends an addendum with a price of $46K filled in, instead of $45K- Considering this is a slam dunk deal (requires about $12K of rehab and should resell for at least $100K), I quickly signed it and returned it- Expect to make between $25-30K profit in about 2 months, and since I'm borrowing 100% of the purchase + rehab from a private investor, the ROI should be infinite (minus the small time investment) Btw, my guess is that the reason this didn't go to an owner occupant is because the beck deck is in bad shape, and probably wouldn't have passed FHA inspection.

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It is much more profitable from a time perspective to do one off the shelf deal and have time to golf or if you are a hustler find another deal then to put together one creative deal. 3) Brokers don't like creative deals because it takes their time to oversee the deal to make sure they don't loose their license over the deal. 4) Creative deals tend come out of situations where cash is an issue.

Just walk upto them and tell them your "flipping properties in X dollar range", or your "buying rental units in X dollar range", what materials do they recommend (any warranties or approximate shelf-life), what are the installation costs, how long does it take to install, and can I do it myself?

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For the most part, commercial loans are not "off the shelf programs" and each loan is based on its own merits (case-by-case).Due to the fact most large commercial lenders will not do loans less than $1,000,000 (but there are many commercial loans less than this amount), the lenders that will do loans of this smaller size, tend to do so under a set of guidelines that do in fact allow them to quote rates and terms quite accurately.