Then start fresh.  

I have not experienced that myself because I would never do that, but I have read about it.Not considered a high grade material, so not something you would really want to put in a million dollar home.There have been some incidents where some brands have contained physically harmful chemicals that off-gas into the home and make people sick.  

Hello everyone.  My sister and I decided to take on this new challenge and adventure.  We wanted to start out wholesaling, then move on to but,flip, sale.  Having a hard time finding availability in our market (NYC), ...

Does anyone have any suggestions or good books I can read about how can you build marketing packets and websites when you are spankin' brand new and don't have testimonials or pictures of your flips or any experience to highlight?

We are brand new to the area, so I would love to connect.

Remember to comp like properties, the campus housing is brand new with amenities a duplex can't touch.

My husband doesn't agree and says we should give her until Wed, the 5th.I see his point where he doesn't want to get off on the wrong foot with the tenant since it's the first month of her paying rent and she's an brand new tenant.

Nothing says you can't look outside Western MA, but if that's the area you're most familiar with it should offer you an advantage as opposed to trying to start up fresh in an area you've never been to.That said, if you're intent on going outside of your area then I would suggest aiming for a place you have at least some familiarity with.

Good luck on starting fresh!

I'd say that from what I've seen (both from some data mining and from pure empirical evidence), your myth vs reality points are right on.I certainly have data to support the fact that several institutional buyers (and I use that term lightly -- many are just large private equity funds that most people probably wouldn't call "institutions") are buying up to 200+ properties per month in my metro area (which is a large area, btw).We've found about 100 cash buyers who have purchased 20+ properties in our metro area in the past 12 months, and I'm guessing (I don't have the data in front of me) about 10% of them have purchased at least 100 properties in the past 12 months.To you second point, yes, many of them are new buyers in the area, and the larger ones are brand new to the area in the past 12 months.