I recently found out that one of the banks here approves a lower LTV for secod position rather than first so perhaps this is the mixup?  

For example I’ve got to add a basement egress window and I’ve just gotten 2 estimates, one for $20K and the other for $23K.

I've lived in the Pekin area for about 6 years, and I've just started learning about real estate investing.

I recently found these websites when looking through tax assessor's web page.

I've just attended an ACRE summit and meet a couple seasoned investors.

We recently found a licensed contractor reasonable enough that we now call him for things that aren't an emergency, initially saved us thousands off management's estimate for repairs due to a break-in during a turnover (apparently management calls an outside contractor to quote potential insurance claim repairs, and he was beyond ridiculously expensive).

Right now I’ve just been watching BP videos and just bought a real estate investing book on amazon.

I've just updated it.

I also recently found out about Latte and Lease's Out of State Investor Academy's "Cash Flow Coffee" meetup, which I believe can be accessed via her email list or her website: https://www.lattesandleases.com/shop/p/bay-area-meet-up-g9ny...

Hi @Gregory Lopez, I've just sent you a pm.