He ate the porch swing.2.

This makes them expensive as that just ate up some of your future equity in the deal.

Thanks Eric - yeah the profit went into another flip, but that ate up all the profit.

Here ate their comments:Many upgrades were completed to this property a few years ago.

I stayed positive and instead of going back to the poor family that basically lost their home to the storm I ate $5k out of my fee and stayed in the deal.

A pest management company inspected today, gave me a bid for almost $5K, to install bat guards on roof vent and remove a small area of soffit that squirrels had infiltrated, pull it out and replace installation (squirrels ate it), patch the opening they are getting in at, and reinstall the same soffit since it's in fine shape.

The same can also be done at E-Trade, Fidelity ans Schwab, and they all provide a checkbook for placing the alternative investments like real estate. 

They won't have the process down to a tee to get you the right tenant.

That ate all of my expected profit, and now I rent the place at a loss and can't sell because I didn't have any equity in the place. 

Ate y'all getting many deals off the MLS or are they typically off the market type of properties?