We are looking to invest out of state.

It may violate all sales rules, but I tell new investors fairly regularly not to invest when I feel their objectives are misaligned with the fund we are offering.

@Adrian Chu we are looking in the southeast and midwest.

For the record, we are perfectly clean people.

The amount of poop, wear and tear and liability is not something I’m cool with.

The builder wont be ready for 12 days....We are 5 days from close and the lender appraised the house for 134K  (3K shy of contract price) because he had to appraise it with no garage.What are my options in order to get this deal done without walking away from 3K?

We are under contract on our first property: a duplex in Jefferson County NY.

We can really make these homes nice, and not feel like we are wasting the money.#4 Property taxes for investors in SC are ridiculously high (6%), and the home is still assessed value at our original purchase price ($55,000). 

Although we will likely not use the property ourselves as we are in California, my partner, who lives on the east coast does plan to use it on occasion for vacation from time to time. 

We also have 200 photos of the home prior to move in so we can clearly show the damage we are charging for was not there upon movein.