I offer blind all the time, I don't CLOSE on it till i inspect it or have someone inspect it for me.You end up losing some deposits from time to time but i figure that is a cost of doing business and I value my time more than the deposits.

You give that to the borrower as the work is done and you personally inspect it.

I've also heard about mrlandlord but you have to jump thru hoops to get approved (such as a home inspection).

I still buy property in London where cash flow is closer to San Francisco than most anywhere in Ohio.

If you buy, fix, sell that is closer to a manufacturer that buys, makes a widget and then sells.

The inside is bad, but if everything works, after cleanup it is livable until the work gets done: No, it has not yet been inspected, but I’ve asked my agent about having a contractor go in before the lender agrees to my offer, so I could pull my offer if my expected remodel costs were too low.

The issue with a condo is you rarely pay to inspect the common areas so really have no easy way to tell if deferred maintenance is building up.

As you noted it is now what I was asking for but it puts me a bit closer to what I want to accomplish.I will have to give it a try for a few days rather than just used the symbol that shows a new post in a forum.John Corey

Same thing with Indianapolis - although the better cashflow outside of Indy is actually closer than an hour.

In some states the process is closer to 21 days in total.