No harm in trying...

This is as of march 20th, 2019 of course.Additionally here are some important advantages with VA financing you have over other loan products:- there is no title seasoning on VA so as long as you can document the value increase that has occurred either through your value adds or through the market increasing purely from buying a good deal you can refinance right away even for a cash out refinance unless conventional which requires 6 months and FHA which requires 12 months to use market value- VA can finance up to 100% of your property's value which allows you to avoid lower appraisals as with conventional or FHA you have to get minimum 2.25-5% equity in order to refinance- VA funding fee which is often pretty pricey (bordering hard money in terms of points charged 2.15 - 3.30 pts financed) can sometimes be waived if you have service connected disabilities or receive disability compensation for service connected injuries so check into this- make sure you save all your contractor invoices and receipts so you can document the improvements especially if there is a very large gap between what price you paid versus what value you're pushing for on your appraisalHope that helps and good luck on your BRRR.

Sure this could be a great argument for people that argue against growing wealth inequality or that most economic growth has occurred at the top and not trickled down (Not sure if you would want to make either of those arguments politically), but if anything it just exemplifies the benefits of buying stocks!

Well, glad you pulled out before major headaches occurred.

I know I have to move slow on this or I could do more harm than good.

One other issue is that if a lack of repairs appear that they could create a code violation, then you could use that as a way to do the work before a violation occurs.

The greatest battle you wage against failure occurs on the inside, not the outside.Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

Do you think that this would not occur with seasoned investors buying and selling themselves if Realtors were not involved?  

They will occur whether you pencil them in or not.  

The seller is quite elderly so I’m not sure he wants to set up something like a long term loan but there’s no harm in trying right?