from a contractor stand point if you are looking for piece work I would be charging 55$ per hour.

Population, employment and education trends are much more important when buying long-term holds than when buying flip properties; when you buy flips, the only important pieces of information are:1. 

But they'll take more time than searching MLS and likely at least some money to obtain and work through the leads.I have two final pieces of advice:1) Contact a hard money lender and see if they will underwrite you a loan for the project.

I am subbing out some of the work and doing other pieces myself.I need to buy materials and wonder where do general contractors get their supplies?

BeyJust put one foot in front of the other, and if you fall down, get back up and keep moving forward.What I found is that the pieces will start to come together as you take action.

I am more inclined to think a piece of the story is missing with thier mortgage.  6.  

You'll see where I have said "you can't paint a master piece with a paint by numbers set" What you get in a "note education seminar or course" is a paint by numbers set.

When dealing directly with sellers, as the investor, the best approach is to get bits and pieces of information prior to the meeting, and then once they've seen and met you and you've verbally expressed interest then say something to the affect of "I'm seriously interested in buying your property, but before I can make you an offer I need to review x, y & z.The process of working the seller in this way takes a little more time, but you'll find the information tends to flow more freely after a) they've met you and b) you've expressed interest in making an offer.

Our reasons were that we keep immaculate homes (and advertise as such), pet hair is tough to remove, one jump on a sofa or a bed cover after a muddy day and that piece of furniture or linen is ruined for the next guest.

In  regards to a piece of real estate being vacant, there could be all sorts of reasons why.