. ;-)Realtor.com says the Average Net is $15,000 per flip.

ben -both interesting pointsbottom-line-no blood in the gameyou are opening yourself up for a lot of grief if you are going to trust someone with a handshake these days especially a build dealif I were you id look for something else besides this pot of gold under the rainbowresearch-research-researchyoull find all kinds of cases where the good guy got taken- that would be you my friendjust tryin to give you a heads upenjoy

I have been in the middle of a lot of them, but too many cooks spoil the pot. 

Hi Amit, bestplaces dot net is a great place to find detailed demographics.  

This is like getting coffee from Starbucks verses a gas station that happends to have a coffee pot.  

This is one of the questions I use to think about often and have even spent TONS of hours researching trying to find that perfect zip code that was the pot of gold.

Sure it's more than laminate, but one hot pan/pot on the laminate and you might be replacing it quick.I can't see the photos on my phone, but if you upgrade anything that will take abuse, and the HVAC, windows and roof are in good shape, you might be able to renovate in that $15k budget.

And yes, we have some sane laws regarding pot.

Didn't mean to stir up the political debate pot...but I should have known better.  

"Some big shot is trying to buy up the whole downtown for...." dis, dat and de other ting.Write letters and it'll stir the pot.