There are actualy 2 investors out of Atlanta area that have made a career from investing in BK's they have a system you can look into if you want.Mark Klee and Caryn McKinny.. www.postbankruptcyreport.comIf you care to check it out.

The owner currently rents out half of the garage for storage only at $75/month. 3 off street prking spaces. 5 new hot water tanks, 4 new htg systems & updated elec.

When you can do it all yourself, manage, maintenance, etc and have a good system in place that you know minimizes vacancies and property destruction, your expenses are much less.

I think this depends on your local MLS system.

Continue to build and document systems, outsource more tasks, then evaluate if it's working.

If the electrical system can support it putting in BBE is by far the cheapest both to install and for the tenants (at least until 2011) in PA.

I have heard of Courthouse Retrial System and Chandler Reports.My current method of deriving this data is not easy and not always up to date.Thanks, :D

I am not a contractor myself, but as a former developer of software systems the systems of a house are quite simple by comparison.

Kind of reminds me of the kid with an awesome stereo system in his old Ford Pinto.

It reads as if you are trying to carve as much profit upfront as possible versus form long lasting relationships.