I’m a clean freak and can only walk on broken 2x4’s and piles of old plaster for so long before it has to go even if were not completely finished; you don’t want to twist an ankle then you can’t work!

I made a rookie mistake and it didn't come through, but the buyers I was working with were very generous and gentle with me.

My company purchased a home that is 2,500 square foot this year in 2017 for the bargain price of $170,000, and we are putting in approximately $50,000 in upgrades, as well as making the single family residence (1972 brick rancher) an open concept, transitional home with a modern twist.

You may be able to find mediocre deals or pay retail price or find deals that look great but locals know better that it is in a bad part of town, but then you are taking on more risk and won't likely be as profitable.One twist I think may work is if you pick the same markets to travel to ... then you establish a local network and knowledge in each of those markets.

Most likely a $20 lock that anyone can defeat with a cordless drill and a twist bit.

It's got to be investment property when you purchase it.But here's a twist that would work with some patience.Sell your 123 Main investment property and complete a 1031 exchange by purchasing a drop dead killer investment property at 9876 Eagle Ave St.  

That's the backstory, and here's the new twist...I just got a letter from a lawn contractor, and unbeknownst to me, my renter had hired the contractor to cut the grass, and the unpaid bills totaled $952.

Dan Mahoney Plot twist.

Again, to add an investor twist, there is no recapture period for that gift. 

Our tax returns are 125 pages long and have all sorts of little historic twists and turns that only my accountant can unravel if I ever was questioned.