This usually is in a situation where a seller is wanting an excessive price.I think you posted in another thread about the quad's you're considering.

Remember, at this stage you are a sponge, soak it all in.Glenn Espinosa is my brother, he is working on a blog series following our start in real estate.

Estimating repairs is the wrong place to cut corners at this stage of your investing career.Wishing you tremendous success!

In my time as an Realtor and Investor I have been very blessed and look to find ways in which I can PAY IT FORWARD.My latest idea that I am trying to put into fruition is using staging furniture that has been donated by my local Habitat Restore, coordinating with a local artist to redo and style, then stage my home with these redesigned pieces of art.It's a win-win-winHabitat gets money from me buying it, the artist gets paid to restore it, then when there is a price tag put on it in my home, boasting the artist and the funds going BACK to habitat should a buyer purchase the property, both the artist and habitat gets paid again.

I think it had to do with not making a mess; she's also a fan of people taking their shoes off, and she rarely even puts out toilet paper (I don't mean to steer this toward a staging discussion, but she wants to discourage folks from using the bathroom and, again, creating a mess I'd have to deal with.

I also own a condo with my wife - and between the two buildings I don't think I have much excess credit to obtain another loan.

We ARE talking about a job in excess of $400-500k, right?

I did read instances where the deposits were at the range you mentioned, I have since updated my contract to reflect $20.With regards to the purchase part, I have no where near the cash that it would take to buy a property at this stage.

I'm going through the beginning stages in CA currently.

Excessive additional taxes due; here you are only paying the judgement years.