Four houses have been for sale, two, for over a year, one for seven months or so (for the second time), one for about five months.During that year there has been little activity regarding any of the houses.

No...there are labor costs in the tearoff (most physically demanding part of the job) and the upfront costs of the ordered shingles that are delivered on-site at your property in addition to dumpster rental that is charged at a higher rate because the weight of shingles only allow 1/2 a dumpster to be filled and the costs of laying down the tar paper immediately after the tearoff is complete as you can not just leave sheathing exposed to the elements while you wait for the next check.With 1/3 upfront, the truth is the contractor is out of pocket by day 2.

I've heard about some that will alert your cell phone when activated, but I'm not sure what the details are.

Post away, there are a lot of active investors in this forum that have an amazing dept of knowledge.

What you want is to diversify your report..You should have a few revolving accounts.At least one installment loan. ie. auto loan/personal loan.And a mortgage.You want to keep a Debt to credit ratio of about 1/3.. that means actively using 30% of your available credit..

I"m just curious how the active investors here are funding their deals right now?

I'm interested in learning more about activities that don't require a license that I can undertake now to move towards my goals.

i dont know...i do know at $300 it still makes damn good cash flow...the property is still marked active and not UA yet...but i have a hunch its going to be foreclosed onim also not worried about having an empty apartment, thats part of the game...in my market i can fill these 3 or 4 bedrooms in this neighborhood very fast even in the winter, they are way above average units...if i can get it at $300K- great if not o well...im not planning on getting this one, bc there is another (supposedly) offer that is higher...there is a chance the realtor was pulling one on me, but from the start i said i'd go to $300K, therefore i started at $270K

But there are service animals that assist persons with other kinds of disabilities in their day-to-day activities.

It cost money just be an active licensed real estate agend and if you want to be classified as a Realtor you will have to join their organization for another $500.