My advice is to update the home (toilets and plumbing, AC/heat, & roof) so you won't need much maintenance in the first place minimizing those calls.

You don't want to look at a rehab project like this:Bought it for 30, fixed the kitchen which adds 10 in value, put in granite counter-tops which ads another 5, replaced the flooring which cost me 10, fixed the roof which cost me 10, replaced the windows which cost 5 but adds 10 in value, so the ARV will be the sum of all of this.

RE is hard and takes work.....if it were easy, everyone would be doing it.You can get the same info for free here on BP and at your local REIA group, both of whom deserve your support a lot more than guys like that.My local REIA has classes and seminars on every aspect of RE investing (marketing, legal, roofing and foundation basics, etc) and they are free or $20 at the most and the ones that cost $20 usually feed you sandwiches or breakfast......no big pitch or rah-rah or pressure to give any one 1000's of dollars.

She did ............... 2 years later the house is STILL bank owned , now there is a hole in the roof , the AC unit is gone , and the basement has a foot of water in it ( can see that thru the broken basement window) probably molded out now .Keep looking ......

The outside looks good, but it has a slate roof.

., Spartanburg, SC 29302 TMS# 7-21-00-066.06 1112sf, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 74 acre lot, built 1959, central HVAC, NEWER METAL ROOF 2013 taxes 1282 (May be reduced by appeal.) 77,350 > Last sold price 2004 72,000 > CRS retail comps 49,000 > Tax value 32,995 > Price OBO Call for access.

I wouldn't buy this place as either a full cash or financed purchase.I see $825 income against the follow expenses for full cash purchase:Taxes $66.67Sewer and Water $-Trash $-Heat/Utilities $-HOA $-Cap Ex and Ops $150.00 (this is my minimum per roof)Insurance $66.67Mgmt Fee $82.50Vacancy $66.00Cashflow/month $393.17 Cashflow/year $4,718.00Cash on Cash Return 6.69% ( I like to see 15% here)------------I see $825 income against the follow expenses for finance based purchase.

I don't have the time to rehab and flip/hold (although I would enjoy the learning experience), so I'm here to become the investors go-to guy for evaluating and presenting properties.I'll be looking around for evaluation techniques, as well as estimating a wide variety of rehab repairs (roofs, baths, kitchens, floors, appliances, etc...).I would also be open to local investment clubs to meet like minded members.Thanks for your service!

College in my opinion is HEAVILY overrated UNLESS you know the field you are going into is high pay and high demand and that in the end you will come out ahead.Sadly many rack up student debt to be doing something ( not saying this is you ) and then switch to something else.

The reason that I got it so cheap was that it needed a roof.