My rehab always looks better than what it was before, it may not look like a professional, but good enough for my tenants.

What method of buying would potentially be in my best interest -buy, re-fi then repay in a lump sum (considering the deal is good enough to support that) or simply repaying over time?

Now I am sure there is a reason why they are so cheap but if the numbers look good enough for an investor looking to rehab or whatever the case may be I might try and jump on them.

8) Assignment fees and earnest money.Investors don't ever WANT to pay you up front, BUT if the deal is good enough they WILL.

Some deals might be good enough to keep as the formula normally means you can get financing and have cash flow at the end.John Corey

This is kind of like renting, but it appeals to people that want to be property owners and don't have a lot of cash / credit that is good enough for a conventional loan.

I know it may be the case of “a deal not being good enough” but nevertheless, everyone was starting out once.

I create websites usually using Drupal or Wordpress and am good enough to be able to start my own company and probably rival my current income, but then I would still just be a slave to a job so I haven't gone that route.

Some are good enough to do ball park estimates themselves or have relationships with contractors that will provide estimates.

If it pulls a 100K in rents the location has to be good enough to someone to pull those rents.Lots of folks have brain pharts on BP.