I wouldn't want all that good will to go to waste.

The effect of when the income is received can be HUGE.

You can get a Waste King disposer from Amazon for $60.

But if spending another $5k only increases the ARV by the same amount, maybe I shouldn't, unless of course it has a good effect on DOM.I would guess that it will always pay to do somewhat more than the minimum if only to increase the curb appeal and sell it faster.

Interest rates have some effect or influence, but there are a number of other factors (unemployment, economic outlook, population growth, household creation/consolidation, consumer confidence, tax codes, etc.) that are more powerful in determining housing prices.

And further, what about a wiki for the consumer to crowd source not just the hiring of but in effect turning the whole WIKI into a population of knowledgeable people working in collaboration with you?

These lots are only going for about $5000 per lot , I am thinking title insurance may be a waste of money...I know that of course the buyer will want to look at wether a home is buildable which it looks like that won't be a problem because this in a gated community with homes nearby.

Global economy is not at its best moment, and even if it was good, the truth is that nobody wants to waste his money in something that could be worthless.

Originally posted by Jon Rood:...if I run my business poorly, do you think they will give me a loan......nope.....what I do get to do is pay an effective tax rate of about 50%-60%.

It wastes a lot of time too, because we always feel like we have to look at them anyway to be ready to put in offers on day 16, and then hope they're still available.Since we're out there looking at these anyway and putting together estimates, we've thought about trying to find some OO buyers and helping them find these houses and then running their renovations for them before they move in (kind of like that show "Property Brothers").