It has to have proper care or it unravels.My carpet cleaner recomended a short pile cheapo that he swears he can get any stain out of so I am trying that in one house.

This is a very vague question and can not be answered properly without knowing what area, what type of investment, what kind of risk factors, etc.For instance, a great cap rate for apartments in CA would be 6%, but would be terrible in Texas, Ohio, Illiniois, etc.

The prior owner had the shower head installed at about my shoulder height.

Many people have out of state nightmares, and you don't want your first property to sour you on the business.Depending where you live in Utah, it is a great market and if you do some proper marketing (bandit signs, direct mail) you can find all of the investments you could ever want.

If there's one agent involved, the SS lender will approve 2.5 (in most cases).I really believe that if the REA does short sales properly, it shouldn't take more than an hour's worth of the agent's time.

I've got one that I am either going to have to replace or install baseboard heating on soon.

I have followed electricians, furnace people, carpenters, painters, plumbers, installers and so on as they worked on my own home.

You may be in the right ballpark with $510K.Rental grade carpet, installed, in a 2100 ft. house is probably $3-4K.

Ah the ole Fannie/Freddie limits, oddly enough I was at a meeting today where we discussed the proper way to invest to avoid that challenge.

My question is this, How can I do a short sale with a QC deed and not having the proper info of the original owner?