Important things to check include opening and closing every cabinet, looking under sinks, pushing on doors and cabinets, and checking commonly used areas.

A common rhetoric is "if you find a good deal, the money will come"..in my experience that is false.

In fact, a common colleague of Chris and mine worked with them for a few years but departed once he learned of the issues outlined above.   

When managing a rental property, here are some common maintenance expenses to be aware of.

Yet, it seems common practice for wholesalers to use this contingency to back out of the contract simply because they have not found a buyer within the inspection period.

Any losses incurred along the way are chalked up as inefficiencies / common area heating costs.Whether this is a good idea, IMO, is based on markets trends.

You can also learn average costs for common repairs in your market to get a ballpark figure yourself.

Only tech and big business with cash can survive.i am actually still bullish to syndication but only for niche selective asset class like warehouse or self storage, as common industrial trends are going towards more consolidation of business.... and their IRR is still 20-30% conservatively.But yea in MF there's no creativity, they are selling the same Kentucky Fried Chicken,Alabama fried chicken, with almost no creativity and no innovation.In general I think we could hold that true of the lack of innovation business wide the last many years. ai is a great example.

Seeing a $100-300 increase on a single unit is common in NJ.  

House hacking is not only a phenomenal move for investors starting out, but it's a common strategy in expensive markets like Boston.