We also take 150-200 pictures of the property and a very extensive video inside and out prior to the tenant moving in.

Thanks guys, I saw some pictures of other rentals at Zillow and they look good.

Post on front door, take a picture of it posted, put date and time and make an extra copy for yourself before you leave to post

I talked to my listing agent and show him pictures where there are knob and tube throughout the build.  

Without knowing the whole picture, it would be pretty hard to say you should go one way or the other and since no one else knows that, don't be bummed if you don't have a direct answer.

Look online for sold comps nearby ... look at the pictures from the listing.

I just followed through the chapter in the book and wrote out lender questions that the books asks.Its a much better picture of a potential lender, and allows us to refine which lender has better options for each strategy of REI

so i started posting on this website about a month ago and i was posting alot for about a month. but i decided to step back to give me some time to asess my goals and figure out a game plan for how i wanted to get into investing. im going intio my sophmore year in college and have about 5000$ to my name right now. my plan is to save up money while in college and invest in re once im out. ( ill be 21) my goal is to have about 20-30 k in liquid money at the end of this period. my goal is to make this money through jobs that are going to give me some type of experience that will help me out as an investor/ landlord. any jobs i can get working with other investors or jobs that where i can learn handyman type skills is what im going for. im also thinking about trying to do some day trading but i havent settled on that yet.i know this forum is big on acting quickly and not procratinating but the way i see it i am very young and i see this as all part of the big picture of my investment plan. also im pretty much 100% sure i want to make a career out of rei for a variety of reasons and im not worried about losing interest or anything like that.that being said i have 2 questions 1) any commentarym, criticism, ideas for my plan2) i have been thinking about getting my realtors license in the next two years. is there anyways that a realtors license can be a hinderance to a re investor. any legal restrictions that realtors have that make it hard for them to invest?

However, when I consider "the bigger picture," I know that I have to push to move my goals forward.

To say that this place is a "dump" is an understatement :roll: I wasn`t in the place more than 5 minutes, before I locked it back up, and left, thinking to myself that the mobile is a lost cause, and that only a clean-slate/replacement approach would be viable(read: bulldozer time)I had bough the property at an online auction, and it definately looked quite a bit worse in-person, than the pictures would have me believe.