I am amazed that so many beginners gravitate toward flipping, This is some of the most involved enterprise in all of RE.1.Understand your marketplace correctly, which leads to2.Estimate retail price correctly3.Price the repairs correctly, which leads to4.Make the right offer5.Have GOOD contractors, which is hard for a newbie without a track record, which leads to6.Remodel correctly – know what to do and what not to do7.Structure financing correctly8.Structure the selling process correctly9.Buy, so that you have 3 exit strategiesAnd then there is more…You mess up anything on this list, and you will pay with blood, sweat, tears, money, and debt.

Entrepreneurial and Enterprising SpiritForced appreciation opportunities require entrepreneurial foresight when buying real estate deals to plan and budget the value creation.

@Mindy Jensen I'm extremely predictable in that I fly with United (to where I invest) and I rent a Ford Explorer (it has Apple CarPlay) from Enterprise. 

Depending on where the property is one or more inspections by a local agency rep. is required in home to make sure the renter is live alive and home and the correct person as well as minimum habitability is keep working or repaired as original lease.David Land     Partners in Enterprise is a lot more Profitable !

@Arlen Chou, who put some time in discussing a potential partnership operating an Airbnb-type enterprise at one of his properties.

The problem really comes down to the fact that the majority of these vacation rental platforms are not designed for enterprise use (because they're marketed towards consumers), so there's multiple proprietary systems to try to map out for someone to sync them all, rather than being built to map with the GDS (global distribution system) platforms that more traditional booking engines (Expedia, Booking.com, Travelocity, etc) use.

Putting grand titles on what is obviously a small enterprise is pretty silly, it's not going to impress those in business.

It was built in 1998 and is in good shape and located in the Enterprise area near Fort Rucker. 

@John Adamkewitz - The apartment is in Aberdeen, WA so it's using the only provider - Lemay's Enterprises.

For Toilets - a good house brand is Pro Flow - Ferguson Enterprises sells them - they are probably one of the larger plumbing supply houses/chains in the US - they are primarily wholesale however have a retail side at their locations as well.My buddy is taking over his dads plumbing business (primarily new construction) and that is their standard builder grade toilet - they typically only work on high end houses and that's all they use with no problems unless someone wants an upgrade.