Also look for boards on the windows (obvious from a distance).

People are more likely to dig into something and estimate costs for you (to get your some data points) when you have a specific situation/project and possible solution proposed.Other advice would be to see places and get used to walking around the Menards/Lowes/Home Depots of the world to more quickly be able to reference standard stuff like lumber, finish materials, windows, etc... 

Here is what I would like to see:a set of exterior pictures incl all 4 sides of the house, the front and back yard and the garagea picture of every roomseveral pics of kitchen and bathroomsfurnace, AC, water heater, electric breaker panel and electric service outsidebasement walls, cracks if any, water stains, any puddlesa close up shot of: a sample window (the frame, not the glass), flooring, siding, roof shingles -  if possibleanything else that needs attention or is broken (crumbeling chimney, a huge fallen tree, water stains on the ceiling etc)Better to take the pictures with an actual camera with a real flash, cell phone shots are usually not good enough, because they turn out too dark and don't show details.

Inspector also noted window screen was broken and needs to be replaced, paint on kitchen cabinets was chipped and needs repainting, paint on multiple walls was chipped and needs repainting, and the garbage disposal was not in working order and needs to be fixed.

One was a just a broken window pane.

With this, he was able to complete the roof, siding, windows, and demo.

Analyze 100 properties in areas that you know, choose a few you feel good about and then make offers based on cap rate and cash on cash returns generated offer amounts.The other option is to build a 720-800 credit score over time while waiting for the market to come down after this trade war raises the prices of everything causing a slide in consumer discretionary income which could lead to slowing of our retail economy which may result in lower real estate prices.A bonus option would be to start an entity i.e.

Even if you had enough play in the pipe to slide a pipe and reducer in there, you would not be able to thread them together, that's why the Union works. the only other solution is: Tee l narrow nipple l Reducer l flex gas line fitting l Flex gas line l fitting l nipple.https://www.google.com/search?

There is common stairway access to the unit, and considering adding an egress window to make it compliant. 

I'm looking into Hard Money Loans as well, but being my first flip I am sure this one will take longer than expected and I don't want all of my profit going out the window with the high interest rate and points those loans come with.I don't see any other options at this current moment.