If you buy retail and wait for appreciation it can take a much larger time to accomplish your strategy as you lose around 7-8% of your properties value every time you sell. 

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I don't, because the act of taking them out doesn't accomplish the reason for taking them out. 

Account Closed your aunt deserves all the equity possible and that outcome is most likely not going to be accomplished by you.

What is it that you are hoping to accomplish?

Before your inspection contingency runs out you should have a very good idea of what the rehab costs are going to be and if you're not doing the work yourself, you should have a contractor bid.There are a variety of ways to accomplish this and it depends on your comfort level. have your agent work with the listing agent/sellers to set up a time to walk through so you can get a better of idea of sq ft, floor, paint, number of doors/windows, etc

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And I fully believe what David states in his book, Property Managers know EVERYTHING about your market and are probably the most important piece.Tell everyone in the area what you are looking for and trying to accomplish, and you'll find someone who knows some other people, who can help push open the gates.Also, if you can, go get your feet on the ground in your investing location and hit some of the meetups, or even just grab lunch, coffee, etc. with a handful of people already in that market.

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lolI don't know for sure what you are trying to accomplish in Phoenix?