Not paint and carpet, but any plumbing, electrical or structural work should be permitted and inspected.Keep in mind that zillows estimates are, frankly, crap.

When I am driving around, I also like to make note of the addresses of "Homes in Distress" - weedy lawn, paint peeling, obvious neglet; "Signs Down" - the yard-arm is still up but the realtor sign is gone - maybe an expired listing;and of course if there are any FSBOs call them.Calling the We Buy Houses signs, will just get you other investors looking for sellers, but you can add them to your buyers list.

They have painted themselves into a very dark corner.

Do you charge an invester for the property information on the potential investment, or is your pay based on whether the invester chooses to act on the property?

By up and running I mean rehabbed and rented, maybe rehabbed is too strong a word, there is lead paint in one unit and I want to update the other units.

.- Owners who live out of stateThe list that you choose will be targeted according to the types of properties you want to acquire, and your marketing message will be targeted to the types of prospects you are mailing to.

Then people can fill out a profile it they choose to do so.Maybe Josh...you can touch on this...do you use some type of security feature for all the members here or is that provided by the company that powers the message board?

As an example, last week, I was waiting for my paint to be mixed at Walmart.

Just type "book swap" in google - you'll have hundreds to choose from!

***Deadbeat tenants do not only choose not to pay you, they choose not to pay all, or most, of their bills.