We still try to encourage friends to invest, if they're interested, but most just see the investor/landlord glass as half empty.

Finding a multifamily to house hack is becoming an increasingly tall order, especially with limited inventory and battling through multiple offers.

The SOW includes the following:Removal of tub wall tileShower wall tile installation12"x24" tiles to ceilingInstall of frameless sliding glass doornew shower liner and panbacker board installWaterproof membrane all inner areasNew faucet installcenter drain installshower nichepopcorn ceiling removalnew texture and paint on valls and ceilingbathroom floor installSame 12"x24" tilebaseboard installnew vent and heater installInstall GFCI outletI was budgeting anywhere from 2,000-4,000 for this work (materials + labor) but both quotes have come in much higher- $10,000 and $8,500.My question is, are these reasonable quotes for the area?

What I look for is stuff like garbage bag windows, boarded up windows and doors, over-filled mailboxs, unkept garden/flower bed, tall grass and exterior house paint chipping away.When I've approached some of these houses, many of the home owners were nice people, have no problems with their finances and not looking to sell whatsoever. 

Click on the magnifying glass in upper right and type in how to buy in today’s marketCheck BP webinarsNext time don’t sell any properties you’re looking to get rid of, use an exchange, imagine what you would own today. 

Unit 2 hasmissing glass in a sash that will need to be repaired.

Both vehicles able to tow 5x8 tall boy box trailer when I want to haul supplies/appliances/junk around for rentals work or other stuff;  thats how I get by without a pickup though I'd like to have one sometime in my life.   

And as an investor in NYC, he is a salesman (as we all are to some degree in our markets).There is a great article in NY Times that came out earlier this year on the nightmare of owning in those tall luxury condos that are shooting up in the city. 

If we only believed we could do what we're ACTUALLY competent to do, skyscrapers would be 3 stories tall and we'd be crossing rivers in barges still to this day. 

walk through the mud room and there is a wall with pistols the PM's check out.. then the front of the office had a bankers teller type situation for rent with bullet proof glass no less and then of course the front window was busted out  happens weekly he tells me .. disgruntled tenants.When doing rehab he had to have retired police officers on site they checked ID and sign in for any subs coming in to work.. they determined if it was not the neighbors stripping the house it was the workers that worked for the subs.. made sense they knew what they put in that day Knew the lock box code came back at night and poof. its another world out there it aint portlandia..I also took my banker a few times to Jackson MS where we were the largest HML in the market at the time.. down to south Jackson through west Jackson..