Your handyman skills will come in handy (haha) as an investor.

I'm sure you skills in sales will help you big time when it comes to finding out the needs of the people you're marketing to.

It depends on your comfort level.

The local gas utility should be able to identify how close the nearest gas line is, and how much it would cost to connect to it.How expensive it will be to run ductwork depends on the number of stories/floors/levels in the house, and how easy it would be to get the ductwork into place.

What are the jobs that can be done prior to investing that will still give either useful skills or directly relate to real estate?

Also, if you put high level finished on the place you run a solid risk of having to repair again after erring it out.

At a higher level, I got a lot out of a book entitled [i]The Pledge, by Michael Masterson.

Strategy, risk level, job/income security, spouse, # of kids, tax situation, age, location, flexibility and so many more.

Just put in the time, learn the skills, and never quit!

My rule; if you are that forthcoming, you are a terrific risk ... it is the ones that hide the truth that are the problems.If I do meet with a prospect face to face, I pay close attention to how new the automobile is, the jewelry, the toys, i.e. cell phone, and the clothes - are they designer clothes.NOTE: I once read more than 50 percent of people making less than poverty level wages own a smart phone.