Short term is fine 6-12 months.

A construction loan is a short term loan used to do repairs on a property or develop one.

Since you're a short bus/train ride away, I'd make a weekend out of it and visit the neighborhoods yourself.

after that one I had an offer for a short sale go through 48 k purchase 4 k in rehab sold in for 68k soon after.

Our plan is to buy turn-key deals that will require minimal management.So long story short we plan to list the property for sale, as-is. 

I'm contemplating the area of short-term rentals (thru Airbnb for example), as well as house flipping.

I would love to buy a multi unit property in the area but realize I am too short on time most likely.

My dad was long as well pointing out things to the inspector and asking some good questions.Long story short the house has been added on 4 times.The attic didn't have nearly enough insulation and the inspector seemed very surprised at that. 

HelloQuick scenario is I got an off market property large enough to subdivide square footage wise however the lot is odd shaped so when I split the lots to meet the minimum widths the one lot falls short approximately 800 square feet.

I invested just short of $4,000 into a digitally controlled water softener w/ 250LB capacity brine tank, and a top of the line Iron Filter to match.