Understandable, Bienes Raices but you could always upload a photo from a distance or a nice nature photo :) Anything to keep me from staring that that mysterious man with the giant dollar sign all day!

Although I have been asked many times by people who observe our crews and their work, to do projects for them, its been a challenging process putting them together and I need them to crank as many projects out for us as posdible.

Finding anything for sale in your replacement area, fixer or otherwise, will be your challenge.

Thanks Ben Leybovich.The down came to 19860, after some prorating. so out of 125000 purchase the down percentage was 15.8%But I love the challenge of finding one better than this for my next deal!

Avi, there is a lot to know about when it comes to rehabbing but I will cover a few of the most basic mistakes new rehabbers make, although it sounds like you have some real estate investing experience so hopefully you can avoid these:1) Overestimating ARV (after repair value): it is human nature to be optimistic and look at the best case scenario, but you have to be realistic when analyzing the end sale price of a property.

If anyone tells you they have never made mistakes or had challenges to overcome they are lying.

As it seems clear you will be using financing your short time frame to move into an apartment building via 1031 exchange seems aggressive Trading in depreciated assets can be a challenging task, I am sure you can find much more information on 1031's within the site.

What are the challenges a.k.a opportunities for innovative solutions, that you've found thus far in the NJ territory?

They put in bulbs that I really like that seem like natural daylight.No charge, part of an energy saving program.

Hope this helps.I've been doing a lot of research on this the past year, and this is what I've found (I could be wrong of course):Material prices aren't too much different around the country if you shop around for suppliers (there are differences in areas where shipping is more difficult and costly), and labor prices are surprisingly consistent (though there is a range of about 25-35%) if you ignore the high priced areas.Obviously, there will be regional differences in both labor and materials (especially in places where climate, soil and natural conditions impact building codes), but if you ignore places like NY, NJ, California, etc, you'll find that prices generally fall within 25-50%.I see you're in NJ, so you can probably throw the prices I mention out the window, but for a surprisingly large % of the country (especially between the coasts), prices will be pretty consistent within a 25-35% range.All that said, this is a topic I'm very interested in, and would love other data points, as I could be wrong