Make sure utilities are available, and that you have tap fees included in your estimate, as well as engineering (site plan), architectural plan, and other bits you might need to consider for your market (landscaping and costs of sale, for example).

Nearly two years ago, I purchased a single-family home in River Forest, USA, which required extensive renovations.

This is often easier in lower tier markets where the appraisals are not indicative of how the property would sell in an arms length transaction.The other risk you run is over extension.

And because you cant self promote there is always going to be some way to get some kind of message out there without breaking the rules or offending anyone.. but again I think the success stories threads should be utilized for that. 

When you see what people do with old space heaters, guards and safety removed, plugging in several in one overloaded extension cors,... you can see where the concern is coming from.

Utilities weren’t quite there yet, and Jeff almost walked away.

@Shelby Ek Do you need to activate the utilities in order to qualify for the loan you are getting?

As along as you take the lessons from this and utilize it on your next deals (yes, plural) you'll make great progress!

Roku now has automatic account linking as of last year, a large portion of channels utilize this feature.

Reasoning for asking this is that it could potentially be a beneficial long play on acquiring a property through assumption, and as we go down in interest rates, utilize this monetary benefit to refi as it comes at a mere .5%.