Purchase price: $164,000 Cash invested: $10,000 Sale price: $260,000 I purchased a townhome in an up-and-coming neighborhood with a lot of public and private investment in the Atlanta area.

SFD vs condo vs 2-4 unit, hold vs flip, turnkey vs rehab, passive vs active...it really comes down to each individual property/opportunity, what your goals with the property are, and if the numbers make sense or not.Best of luck!

Generally ive offered equity or debt on deals but never on the operations.

Now more and more of these are popping up all over Seattle and buyers are more open to purchasing them.  

When my places with section 8 tenants are inspected yearly the inspectors just want to be sure that the paint isn’t flaking and thereby causing a situation that a small child may ingest the paint chips.

218K seems a little low for the area.

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

My wife and I used to do flips in this area, and I have a couple listings along with long term rentals I manage in the area..For the co-host, they typically do not handle permitting and other items like that (this can be agreed upon between you and the co-host.

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