Lack of Organization: There are many different parties and companies involved in most real estate transactions, and they all have their own agenda, style, and interests.

have a few interested one fellow who has already successfully done this.its a big ranch style home..

It depends on your goals and the skills you already have that could be used in real estate investing.For example...If you like to analyze a lot of deals and you're good at negotiation, maybe wholesaling will work for youIf you have an eye for design and have experience managing people, then rehabbing might work for youIf you are very organized and detail oriented and know how to "read" people, you are assertive and you have no problem with confronting people, then maybe landlording will work for youAlso, it depends on your market too.

Example, we have one with $105 a door, but we used a Fannie Home-styles loan and had to front 0 of the rehab and turn cost so our CoC is great. 

ARV depends on what houses of similar size, layout, style, age, and finishes are selling for. 

Dora line has something like 246 houses going in with resort style clubhouse amenities.   

(Directly meaning, buying low and selling high, either deliberately or accidentally/luckily, and cashing out; indirectly meaning, more or less the same thing but instead of taking the cash, doing a 1031 exchange - or paying the taxes and waiting for the next trough - and using that appreciation to get more units so that the meager cash flow actually adds up.)With a few exceptions, the Northeast suffers from aging housing stock, tenant-oriented landlord-tenant laws (the prospect of rent control is raised regularly here), high taxes, and generally nothing amazing happening economically (possible exceptions to this: NYC and maybe Boston), at least compared to some other areas of the country (e.g., Texas and Florida).I think if you're not tied to a particular area, or willing to invest out of state and really do research and stay on top of your investments, it can make a huge difference in your financial future to explore where economic trends are really in your favor (sometimes called "emerging markets").They say it in the stock market and I think it's true of real estate too, "the trend is your friend" - as long as you're not catching the very end of it, I think it's (appreciation is) a huge factor in real estate success.

The other two might be more oriented towards the US, but they contain a lot of concepts and knowledge that work anywhere.I hope this helps!

So we want to get in touch with someone that works with investors, not a "bank of America" style!

Hi Kirk,If it were me, because the roof line really defines it (being 50% of the front), before I'd make any major decisions on what to spend on the exterior  I would talk to a local architect about colors and material selection, and also outdoor plantings.Not to have him General Contract the job, just to provide architectural advise about possible re-styling and colors.I've seen these spruced up by painting the wooden shingles and also by replacing them with metal.