The reason I suggested door and shutters is that I am not at all a fan of doors being painted in a stand alone accent color that doesnt in some way blend with the larger color scheme.

And who knows what else you may uncover doing a new roof.

That may or may not be a new build, likely not.The beauty of buying the existing older home is that your inspection will uncover needed repair items and life expectancies of your capital items.

I'm not Rob, but I'll show you his answers that are already posted.http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/90852-tenant-screening-uncovered-duis-jail-time-etc?

Hi Dave, for some reason I get amazing rates at BMO 2.7% 2 yrs term , and now RBC has amazing rates for 6 plexes - 2.7% variable.BMO has a product that allows you to buy a mixed use building that is used as residential at a blended residential/commercial rate, 3% closed for 2 years, I think this is an amazing deal.I have a broker, but I am finding myself saving a lot of money on broker fees and ending up having better rates: RBC at 2.7% for a 6 plex?

I will only do that if I uncover major repairs that I did not find originally or we're not disclosed.

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Folks, please be very cautious of taking advice from a poster on BP with such a huge negative influence level and from somebody who has such a limited amount of contributing activity to the site over a long period of time.Add to that the due diligence that has uncovered the original posters inability to make wise investment decisions, you should be very cautious as to what advice you take from such a person.

He paid $95k for it ($80k on a HML at 14%, the rest on CC- was 0% now blended at 11%)A family friend/contractor agreed to do the work in exchange for profit- a 60/40 split (this was the best option since my friend didn't really have the funds to pay someone up front).

One covered and one uncovered.