I've owned a short sale fixer upper for 5 years and aside from major renovations I planned on when I bought, I've never had to spend that much for upkeep.The deal seems like it's worth the effort to me provided the typical house buying stars align.

If it was me, I would rather not spend the money until I had to, especially if I already had a paying tenant in place.

I don't mind spending the extra money if it's worth it in the long run.Thanks in advance.

Make sure you really look at the numbers before you go and spend a bunch of money furnishing these places.

Even if you only spend 20 minutes looking, multiply that by 3 and there went an hour.

Jeez, Josh, just go ahead and find a way to make me spend more time on my iPad!

If the city won't play at least you are still spending what is an acceptable amount to him.

Also, the loaned funds aren't yours to spend freely.

Your job is to find motivation, don't spend much time drawing up offers if you aren't dealing with a motivated seller.

An agent isn't going to want to show you properties (and spend her time) unless she is confident that you have the means to actually purchase.