I want my wealth to be measured in care and compassion, not by the digits in my bank account.

Try measured in feet from the physical trading floor, literally.

These areas are rife with poverty and when measuring average incomes, home values, access to services - no matter the metric - these zip codes are in the lower half.There is so much more needed to bring these zip codes up.  

The best book I have found on this is What Every Real Estate Investor Needs To Know About Cash Flow ...and 36 Other Key Financial Measures– Frank Gallinelli

Va and fha loans also have more stringent property condition requirements which often require a seller to pay for reapirs.

I’ve spent the last 13 years or so chasing the rabbit hole of success in the 9-5 world — successful I suppose, depending on the metrics you use to measure that sort of thing.A couple years ago, I dipped my toe back into the real estate investing world.

It was not until I found a contractor who actually measured our house that I had an answer based on real data.My recommendation is to find a contractor who will actually give you data on your house to help make the decision.  

They’ll be on the market forever because no seller or realtor will want to work with a bank’s meticulous underwriting when there are other competitive buyers with less stringent lenders.

AZ has some very stringent construction defect suits and is the hardest state to procure GL for a GC.So you are taking an extremely high risk by working with uninsured contractors.

You need to measure the size of the roof, not the inside of the house to get an estimate.