Just like when I was bagging groceries in 1970  if I could make 10 bucks an hour what would I do with all that money :)  I just find it funny that 10k is the number Not 12k not 15k not 20k etc etc.

I am looking to virtually invest in the Albany NY area and I am looking to connect with as many like minded people as I can to talk shop.

Shopping around you can get 85-110 per square foot depending on the finish.

There is a whole other world of financing "tricks" in the bag that you're missing out on by referring to an option as being creative, you don't need to be a Chief Financial Officer to employ creative methods, you do have to understand applicable financing laws and conventional methods before you can get there. :)    

I tell them rent for a short time when they move here and then we can start shopping for them.

I am no longer buying single family, but absolutely love multi-family real estate and love talking shop.... both one on one and through my podcast on I tunes called Lifetime Cash Flow.

Shop around.

It is the one-stop shop.

@Sam Erickson  I know it goes against the BP grain.. but when your in a market that has so few 3P sales the last thing is letting people know about it.. next thing you know some money bags shows up and starts buying every deal and you never get another one.. this happened to many of us in Atlanta.. and of course I was a carpet bagger from Orygun.. but I was buying 3 to 6 a month in Atlanta for our portfolio the next thing Blackstone and other hedges show up and bid everything up and we were put out of business as fast as we started I think I got to partake for about 6 months.. ended up buy 54 homes. when If the competition had stayed low key and local I would still be at it..

And our interest is in merely trying to quantify and qualify the home for you.If you have the home inspection in hand it's a spec sheet that you can shop around and get bids on, use to intimidate  Negotiate with the seller, offer to rehabbers (as a wholesaler) all without exposing you to any more liability, or stress, or awkward situations outside of the normal real estate purchasing process.And finally to address your last point, I know a couple Home Inspectors, and they do their own flips, also most come from a construction/architecture background so to say they don't know as much as a contractor is silly.