I have been active in Delaware for over 30 years looking for Delaware Meat ups and networking groups 

SFH "A" in Johnson County is red hot anything hitting the MLS is priced to the point of no meat on the bone for an investor of course there is a few expectations to that rule.The only way I have found deals is word of the mouth, fact I am looking at a SFH "A" right now, but the amount of work needing done and the value the owner thinks it is worth is a spread that may not shrink to the point of a trigger pull.

There simply isn't enough meat on the bone for the turnkey company to be making any money AND providing the high-quality product you're looking for.

Turnkey providers are usually providing you a very stabilized property with low cap ex expectations (hopefully) and since they need their piece of the pie there isn't going to be much meat left on the bone when all is said and done.   

Basically these are exercises for me at the moment as I begin to understand how the numbers work together and against each other.

@Adam StroikMy screening process: "Meet me at the house with the cash, I will have keys ready"

That was a $65 labor and $80 part, which seemed reasonable to me.  At

This is taking place in cook county Illinois so the process could be rather long.

I am a newer agent with about a dozen transactions under my belt so my knowledge is growing a foundation to start learning the meat and potatoes.

I’m usually very conservative with my estimates and build it into my offer with the seller, to make sure I can still make my margin and leave meat on the bone for the investor.