Having each service separate can often result in delays, inefficiencies and more work for you as the owner.

You should read through some of these numerous posts on this topic.

Auctions are quite possibly the worst place to buy if you want to avoid repairs.

If you're local to central Alabama I'd love to hear from you! 

You need to qualify.

You can absolutely leave out the exterior pictures if feel they will hurt you.

So I'm strongly considering adding a handful of these to my buy & hold portfolio.I understand that there's no "risk-free" method to acquiring these properties subto, but have any of you had success over the long-term acquiring properties with VA loans attached?

You can also search Google and read reviews.

Why would you want to compete with that?

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