The Kenosha market is on fire right now and deals are tough to come by.

Welcome to BP @Alejandro Olivares If you are talking Neighborhood within Baltimore City, that is tough because areas can change block to block.

@Ignacio Rosenberg Go with a smaller local bank, credit union, or  a mortgage broker (my preference) Under $80K gets tough but definitely doable.

Caution:Contracting for repair, maintenance, remodeling, or improvement by any person licensed under part I of chapter 475 (real estate agent) while acting as the owner’s agent pursuant to that license, where all work requiring a contractor is performed by a contractor who has a current, valid certificate or registration issued under this part to perform such work, and where the aggregate contract for labor, materials, and all other items is less than $5,000; however, this exemption does not apply: (a) If the maintenance, repair, remodeling, or improvement is a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $5,000 for the purpose of evading this part or otherwise.For the sake of your cousin's license, either make her a part owner (sharing the gross profit as her compensation) or get a GC on the job asap.Just a helpful hint to keep a fellow real estate agent out of jail. 

I asked for dd materials and he essentially recorded the transaction with my LLC and acted as if I were closing on the deal.

So yeah, if you're right, I think we could tough it out for a couple of years!

As you know, reliable builders in Sevier County are really tough to come by as most of the better ones are booked for many months.

I want to know from other investors, especially ones that work with wholesalers, if what I am planning on providing investors is overkill.Once I have a signed PSA, I plan on:paying for a title check (to make sure the title doesn't have any unexpected liens)scheduling a home inspectionhaving a general contractor provide a renovation estimate (labor & materials) for both a fix-n-flip and a rental renovationAn ARV appraisalI am planning on compiling all of this information, along with a copy of the PSA, a full RentFax report, pictures of the property, and a video walk-thru into an "investor packet" that will be emailed to my investor list.

So they set all of the gold cars they saw in the parking lot on fire.No caption necessary for this toilet from hell.This is what a kitchen can look like when a low income tenant moves out of it.This is what a backyard can look like when a low income tenant moves out of it.If tenants in these tough neighborhoods don't have yards, don't worry they will light off their fourth of July fireworks in their bathrooms.Don't worry though.

You're in a tough market for sure.