The price points along with the insurance and HOA fees made it not a viabe option for us on our budget. 

I work on a ton of Padsplits in the Atlanta market and it is tough for a 4 bed co-living property to be much more profitable than a long term tenant factoring in additional utility expesnes, padsplit fees, and additional property management expenses.

We negotiated $10,000 off the finder's fee.

You open yourself to much more risk in not being able to finance out of it and being stuck with hard money and those fees/penalties.

Many ServiceTechs cover this via a service call fee. 

Investor education events.I’m glad I finally did something about the small Roth IRA that was flat-lined for many years.

Definitions:Full GutFull demo and clear out down to the studsReframe PropertyCompletely New Mechanics (HVAC, Electric, Plumbing)New WindowsFull drywall and paintNew KitchenRedo Existing bathroom and likely add a full bath in basement and/or ½ bath on 1st floor (comp dependent)Finish basementReplace flat roofNew Flooring down to subfloorsBreak, Flatten, Pour new Basement concreteThis assumes no underpinning or structure is needed.

This is their full time job and they collect a fee but are still able to pass along strong deals to end buyers.

Simply put, we start off with the As Repaired/Completed Value (ARV), then subtract from that number a reasonable profit, the rehab cost (scope of work), which we've gotten good at, a contingency reserve for any "unexpecteds", our cost of capital/carrying costs (interest and costs of the leverage used), and our costs/fees on the buy and sell sides of a flip.

A bad manager can quickly turn a promising investment into a headache.Pro-formas look great on paper, but if the property isn’t managed well—poor tenant screening, long vacancies, maintenance issues, or hidden fees—those projected returns can disappear fast.