I will need an agent who is familiar with the area and willing to provide detailed photos/videos of these houses.

I look forward to seeing photos when the rehab is completed.

I don't think you need professional photos unless you get the whole property photographed to have the pictures stored for future use.All the best!

Completely legit.But you need to be careful when buying you need to visit the home before bidding they don't show you everything in the photos just the eye catcher one.Do your research on the area also crime rate,etc .When a house is so cheap makes you wonder........

Great advice, Ned.Andre - There are plenty of Long Island folks here . . . as a former Long Islander, I try my best to catch them as they join.

I know LL's who spend an entire month running back and forth to a building trying to catch up to this and that tenant just to get the rent.

Good luck investing, MikePS I do have a sheet I use with all the associated costs and renovation estimates, Good catch Peter.

Thank you, I've been meaning to go to the CFPB site and catch up some more.

New tenant arrives next week, but we have been sending her updates and photos since she signed the lease (before we started the renovation) and is very excited about what we have done.When all is said and done we expect to be very close to our {upper} budget range of $13K ... structural issues we found, led to the reconfiguration of the layout {I can be prone to "while I am here" syndrome}.

Also - don't forget a photo :)