There are some deals in Los Angeles, San Diego, and, occasionally, Orange County, but the best "bang for the buck" is the Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) and up in the high desert areas of Victorville and Apple Valley.Hope this helps.

Been toying around with picking up one or the iPhone.

I have a section for evaluating it as a flip, and another one for evaluating rentals - it allows me to evaluate a rental in three different scenarios - regular purchase, ideal price and BRRR scenario - and also to compare deals apple-to-apple (since you'll be looking at so many houses that you'll get lost in numbers and features and no longer know which one is a good deal, which one is not and only looks good because of some subjective criteria, etc.).

Single bedroom condo 1 mile from Apple Spaceship campus .

Have already gone through some bad apples and so looking for a strong recommendation who is reliable and honest.

It's not a problem to get 2 or 3 estimates when you're inexperienced to understand what you're getting into and that prices are pretty similar (most everyone should be within 10% of each other or else something is not apples-apples).

Not every body wants to deal with all the things that come with larger deals.Everybody can own Apple stock not everybody want to own a company like Apple or run a hedge fund, more power to people like you who can make it happen!!!

I agree with Mike, I try requesting what the other bids were, to make sure we are comparing apples to apples, as well as learning where we can improve for the next time, or next client.

But the other issue is, in that quick conversation, the two offers were treated like apples when really ones an apple and the other an orange.Your CASH offer is guaranteed and will happen in less than 30 days.  

Either way, just like only foolish people assume they must be getting a great deal when a consumer good is marked "50% off", I recommend getting a quote for the energy improvements independent of the program first so that you can compare apples to apples.Happy investing,Troy