Goodbye, mortgage interest deduction, hello extra cashflow.And THAT's when I finally cracked.

You can advertise you have a contract for sale.Get a sale and purchase agreement that can be legally assigned and sold for an 1 to 2% assignment feeIf you don't want the rehabber to know how much you paid for it, find transactional funding or get on title somehow with private lender funding or find a joint venture partner to provide funding or get on title with Hardmoney lender funding so that you can buy at first and then resell it.Illegal Wholesaling only means that you're not telling the truth to the seller, and you have no intention of ever buying it, hence the reasons for all of this loud noise about illegal wholesaling.Wholesaling is legal in every state as long as you follow good business practices.

The extra two units may make it a steal.

If the roof is really high most will charge extra.

That extra 15K brings a lot of square footage, so I don't worry about it appraising.

A few extra dollars to a handyman is certainly cheaper than having a tenant not renew because these requests were not given the proper attention.

It comes down to 3 things...Screening, screening and screening I can't stress that enough make sure to ask prospects the right questions and also verify income, job history and rental history.I used to check people's social media for extra due diligence.

Always charge extra for pets as they tend to cause damage to floor g and baseboards. 

The truth is that my current house is where I plan to live for at least the next 8 years; living in the rental would only be a one-year gig to qualify for the 15% down mortgage. 

Intel has there largest employee base here so they CANT leave  tourism and AG and you know how switched on those AG folks are.. then you have the PDX  inner city folks  Keep Portland weird just watch Portlandia it is not far from the truth and actually I would say is a pretty good representation of many of our esteemed residences..