Another sad thing observed.

From the buyers end I've observed (or more accurately been told during my own loan experiences) the decision can take minutes or hours up to a few days depending on whether the underwriter is in house or not (or out of the office or has a tummy ache).

This is an excellent place to learn, observe and participate.

My observation is that a true Turnkey, such as Memphis Invest for example, has completely rehabbed absolutely everything in the home.

Here are my few observations: 1.

Few observations: 1.

@Samuel Smith I would recommend researching states with similar growth and observe the housing market from when population counts started to increase.

That's not necessarily a red flag, but always makes me curious if there is an underlying challenge with the property.In general, I have observed that duplexes in Columbus are selling at 100% of potential monthly rents, so $2000 in total rent would work out to a rough value of $200k. 

(It was basically just several sales pitches.)Since this wasn't my first rodeo I was able to just observe, pick up a few nuggets and resist paying for anything. 

Linda, your observation about the low ceilings is important.