As others have said, this really depends on the market you're in, and how discriminating the buyers for your properties will be.For the sake of simplicity, we generally use just one paint scheme on every home we do:Mushroom Bisque #UL140-10 on the wallsSemi-gloss in the wet areas, eggshell everywhere elseWe have that color matched with Speedwall paint.

The result was that I was only doing two or three flips a year.

@Sean D , did you have better results after fanning out into wilderness?

Just try to save up that money while working another job, and start part time until you gain momentum.The 3 best ways to get results fast cost virtually nothing - networking, cold calling and door knocking.

Phone calls and emails don't get the same results.

After 90 days the only way to get more eyes on the property is to lower the price which then results in the lower price.

They block your view through the rear window needlessly which can result in dangerous situations.

Thanks to @Zach Shepard , @Kyle B. , @Sean Jones, @Kevin Lochen and other BP members for attending our South Chicago BP Meetup. Below is the picture.

It was a small group but it's not a bad sta...

Hey BPers, I'm piggy-backing off of a thread I started in the Real Estate Marketing Forum: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/113063-pre-foreclosure-foreclosure-leads-in-a-judicial-foreclosure-stateA quick summary for those not interested in reading that thread, foreclosure processes in judicial states are handled within the court system and as a result there are no public notices required like in non-judicial foreclosure states.

Although it is possible that the (former) owner didn't know about the foreclosure, the odds are pretty steep that he is lying to you.While most of us investors might continue to hope and wish that "notice of foreclosure" means the date of the lis pendens or "notice of default", the feds and state case law have gone on to define it, for the purposes of this law, as:"The date of a “notice of foreclosure” is defined as the date on which complete title to a property is transferred to a successor entity or a person as a result of a court order or pursuant to provisions in a mortgage, deed of trust, or security deed."