Most plumbers do free estimates and Its a waste of time having us out if you are going to tire kick for a sub 10k job.

Also, it helps minimize the days on market, too.  

What can you do to minimize those risk and how much risk are you just willing to accept? 

This can minimize your vacancy over the course of the 4 years they may be enrolled.

Hi Lupe,The most popular accounting software is Quickbooks, but honestly you could probably get by with tracking expenses in your own spreadsheet.Here's some things to consider:Tracking Expenses by Vendor - You will need to know how much you paid to each Vendor so you can file Vendor 1099s with the IRSTracking Budget vs Actuals - To stay on track you will want to establish a budget upfront and then track your actual expenses to forecast budget overagesSaving Receipts - You will want to save your receipts in case of an auditOtherwise if you don't want to waste your time building spreadsheets, there are house flipping softwares & pre-built spreadsheet templates that can help you manage this process.

I personally think because of time of year I would only offer them a very minimal discount to market if at all.

Purchase price: $15,000 Cash invested: $8,600 Sale price: $74,500 2000 mobile home; 1152 sf; 3/2; 2.88 acresWe did minimal rehab - replaced a toilet, painted, replaced carpet with laminate flooring.

Step one is get financing approval, if you can't get it then you don't need to waste your time with approaching the owner. 

I only want to purchase single family, turn key or properties with minimal required repairs.

The rest of my properties are in the Midwest but I do have partners in cities (outside of Cincy) where I have my properties.Having said that, I understand Boston is quite expensive.Option #1: is to invest in areas, say 1 hour away from Boston and hopefully not as expensive as Boston. 1 hour is close enough that you can still monitor your investment but not too far that you waste so much time on travel.And yes, with the technology nowadays you can monitor your properties from a distance.