If you decide to go the DIY route, you can use a palm sander as some suggested but a belt sander is serious overkill and might ruin your walls.

There is also an app for Android and iOSHere's a list of presentations I found useful and hope you do too:Leveraging the Latest Housing Market TrendsFinding Distressed Listing Leads in 2013How to Conduct Real Estate Investment Analysis10 Hot Marketing Tips for Real Estate InvestorsPersonal Branding from A to Z Guide BookReal Estate Marketing Guide to Keyword ResearchMany of the presentations are helpful to running a business which is what we are doing.I hope this is useful to the all real estate investors if you haven't venture to Slideshare.net yet.

I've begun my first flipping venture in MD.

Warren Buffett owns at least a half dozen construction companies...I'm fairly certain most people wouldn't describe him as a "contractor"...and I'm also fairly certain he doesn't hold a contractor's license in any state...nor would he need to....That's quite a silly comparison as I'd venture to say the companies he owns dont do any contract work.

I have experience and I would not venture into this under these conditions without a trained, fully staffed office.What most are not aware of, when any regulated lending activity is examined, the lender or servicer pays for the examination one way or another.

Yes @Tarik Abdullah I plan to start in Brooklyn and then venture off to the tri state area since property in NYC is hella expensive

Good luck with your venture!

Our concentrate is on Wholesaling, Probate, Mobile Homes, and in the near future...Multi-Family.If you are anywhere between Tampa and Venice, we'd love to set up a meeting to see how we can make bucket loads of money together.While we are new and would love any help you give, we promise you that your kindness will be returned in spades-our background plays perfectly into our new venture as Real Estate Investors!...

These posts are definitly refreshing to read....i guess the legitimacy factor is always a determining factor in trying a different venture....no one can expect money to just fall into their lap...like with any new business there is a lot of work that needs to go into anything if you want to succeed.

We've dicussed a number of possible joint ventures, some in depth.