. $250 a year is minimal but it would appear they are using fees and fines to punish investors or detour investor owners without formally passing a rental amendment.

Agents can help you with this too.After the minimal effort I describe above you should have a pretty good feel for the value of the lots.

Most repairs are under $500 and eligible for De Minims Safe Harbor.

It's a waste of time and effort pursuing these properties.

Keep in mind that your deal rate will be based on several factors 1) Using a quality list, 2) Getting the attention of your prospect (be creative with your mail pieces), 3) Entice them to call (use good copy - short copy will promote a higher response but less qualified leads and a long copy will promote less response but more qualified leads), 4) Be ConsistentIf you fail at any one of those, you're wasting money on direct mail.  

(Of course I may have wasted 200 first class stamps lol)I still have to talk to that attorney just in case.

If you want to minimize your upfront expenses, try increasing your purchase price offer and increasing what you're asking for in concessions.

Ask the contractor to bring polyurethane caulking and some skylight flashing to not waste their time.

A member was going to study the coursework and then not take the test.Many people jumped in and said the coursework is a waste of time if you aren't going to take the test.

I'm trying to minimize the down payment so I can still have an egg leftover to deal with CapEx/anything else that can go wrong in my financial life.