A background check is basic and almost no effort and you can certainly pass any cost on to the tenant.

I'm struggling to find good tools/strategies/professionals to help ballpark the rehab costs so I can make a reasonable offer. 

Bruce not sure if any of the brokers in your market do this :   they buy a box van  and put their signage on it.. and say this is a free moving van for my clients..

At that point, many investors just keep their paid off properties and live off the cash flow (mostly risk free).

On an ideal Brrrr you extract all costs including the cost to purchase the property.  

Example - Funds in SDIRA - 500KDistressed property - 300KRehab Costs - 150KFunds left in SDIRA - 50K

The UK is quickly becoming a joke when it comes to free speech.

I'd be happy to help you with that and also run you through closing costs here in the city of Chicago as well.

Only 10,000 are electric vehicles.EVs are only affordable with heavy subsidies, and even then there is good evidence that they cost more for the user, the environment, and society in general.Just wait until the electric grid collapses.

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