I’ve been itching to buy a shell in the area but I want to line up a well trusted (experienced) contractor before diving in.

We are looking for immediate cashflow and value add opportunity properties in our local market.If you plan to manage your own property, try to line up a really good, handyman, plumber and HVAC guy in advance. 

I see real estate as another ongoing skill that would be best to learn now and excel at rather than wait and talk about what could have been down the line; life is too short not to thrive!

Here are the number for that:List Price: 59,000Market Value: ~$61,000Repairs/make ready: $10,0003 bed/1 bathTaxes: ~$38/monthDown Payment at 20% (no creative financing): 11,980Mortgage at 5.5% interest: $272/monthReplacement reserve: $75/monthCap X: $75/monthUtilities: 0 (paid by tenant)Property management: 9% of rent plus 1 month rent for tenant placementEstimated rent: $950/monthMonthly Income after expenses: $169/monthCash on Cash Return: 9.2%This would fit my investment criteria in terms of what I'm looking for, but as I mentioned above, I don't have the money for a down payment or the repairs right now.

@Paul Daniels those are the two methods most often used, but if you do not want to go conventional or hard money, you would either have to go with private financing, or using some personal lines of credit you may have.

HelloMy ex-landlord is threatening to sue me for water damage I caused due to watering a flower bed in the garden.

Here is the results of my properties that I have bought within 2010 and 2017:-----------------------------------------------Year: 2013 (locked in Contract, bought in 2014)Type: 3 Family (2 Floor Thru's and 1 Duplex Garden Apt), BrownstoneLocation: Bed-Stuy, BrooklynPrice: $900kRenovation: $350k2018 FMV: $2 Million for an increase of $2 Million minus $350k minus $900k = $750kCash Flow Increase from 2013: over $4k per month increase!

It's a 3 bed 1 bath house and a duplex 2 bed 1 bath on the same lot.

current rent is $865. 4 bed rooms and 1.5 bath.

If the tree is on your property and the tree's limbs hang over the property line, it is not your responsibility to cut them as you would be crossing a property line.