I'd like to be an investor/developer in the future and CRE seems like a great place to learn while you earn.

If you do have to get aggressive with your cash for keys offers it's still worth it as your upside is very high.The way I see it is if you can get an extra $450/mo per unit that's $5400 in your first year paid back, you can recoup your costs very very quickly.

Always, get an extra appraisal or realtor opinion if putting all your trust in a turnkey guy. 80k isn’t cheap if it’s in the hood and need 51k in rehab.

Let's say the utility was an extra $200 a month and you split that with the tenant.

I also plan to airbnb my spare rooms for extra income.

Dear contractors, I am in the process of bidding a flip property and I have a chance to own the property. I want to explore the opportunity to add additional square footage in the form of a room and/or bathroom, if po...

The 5k extra you paid probably won’t  seem like such a big deal. 

Plan is the same as I mentioned above, to keep the W2 as long as possible while using the license for our own deals and taking on clients in a manageable fashion for extra income. 

How do I find out why it is condemned and any extra hoops to bring it back to life?

I received a quote for $760yr thats  380 extra each house.