**I invite friends out to beautiful Lake Merritt for a drink instead of going to the bar.I skip cable and satellite TV and watch things on occasion on Hulu.I have always received free furniture off of Craigslist or from friends, in decent condition, but of course never really what I wanted.MY RECOMMENDATION FOR OTHERS STARTING OUT WITH LITTLE CAPITAL, OR DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OR AGE, PUT YOUR MONEY TOWARDS RE INSTEAD OF "NICE STUFF!"

I wonder why the gurus skip that topic when they pitch their $1997 courses. 

I'd happily subsidize a very good property in a very good area for $200/mo, and own the underlying asset with higher leverage than skip on the asset.

@Melanie StephensThat one time I didn’t scope the sewer...1950’s house and I knew there was potential for orangburg pipe or something, but decided to skip the scope.

Hey Kevin,For sellers: Go to your local title and escrow company and buy a couple of lists that you can get skip-traced.Ask for out-of-state owners, homes with high equity (80%+), and drive around to find addresses of houses that have deferred maintenance. 

Sorry it got so long, feel free to skip.

If he skips town or trashes the place, you can hold her liable. 3 - If you've already given them a copy of the keys, tell her to make more copies.

A logical question is have tried skip tracing?

Skip the wholesaler.

The fact that they want to skip a $300 inspection seems strange for sure.