Bill, if you are performing business travel, which would need to be far enough to require a sleep over, then eating a meal alone is a deductible travel expense.

But they are of regular people and their flips, not salesmen selling overpriced programs.

some of us have moral values and wouldnt be able to sleep at night if we left a family high and dry and skipped town with their money.

I have a regular job with an annual income of ~60K and a credit score of 740 albeit of limited duration.My plan is to use the VA to finance, perhaps a duplex that will allow me to get my foot in the door to generate capital that will allow me to do it again, twice or thrice in a year or 2, until I have the capability to pay cash for distressed property.I have d/l'ed all the BP podcasts , purchased the " Book of estimating rehab costs & Book on flipping houses & Inspecting a house by Rex Cauadwell " per suggestions here.By this time next year I would like to be living the above plan and be well on my way to my 2nd property purchase.All comments or criticisms are welcome.

No doubt he is probably in hibernation sleeping now as he will literally drive thousands of properties once that Baltimore tax sheet comes out in mid-March!

Now they are the big boys in town, and unless you are a regular and get in good with them they are going to ruin you so that you don't come back.

I understand that you have to honor a existing lease as a new buyer on a regular sale.

Depending on the rent I am asking and location of the property, I will put in Stainless or regular equipment.

Shaun: I broker HUD properties in Michigan regularly and this typically means the house needs new paint rather than a serious problem with lead paint.

Just get good insurance, maintain it properly, sleep well.