Now the situation is that I am cross examining their deals and I am hesitant to make offers on retail deals thinking that may be one of these days I actually get a deal with manageable risk to actually proceed.

@Jonathan Greene definitely understand where your coming from.

(Credit to David Greene and his Long Distance Real Estate Investing book for those ideas).

And of course always green board in bathrooms and basements.   

AS LONG as you either know what you are doing or hire an expert.If you really HAVE to go for lists. cross filter the list the right way.Example, anyone over 60, no kids, has 2 houses, has 90% equity,  [add more awesome criteria here]. 

Cross that bridge if you get to it. 

The property will be located in the Green Bay Area.

@Andrea Ortiz Hello my name is Patrick Green.

Hello all,Currently doing a medium scale renovation on a newly acquired rental and it crossed my mind to asked here- to find out what has worked best for fellow buy and hold investors- Is it better for contractors to provide materials vs the investor?

What’s the line you aren’t willing to cross when it comes to buying a property?