I don't feel like laying out a treasure map here to flood my "farm" markets and shoot myself and clients in the foot as we are getting stellar buys, but yeas sub 3% vacancy with 12%+ COC is not only possible but I am doing it literally every day for my clients. 

My other neighbour who's getting older and lays tiles for a living, on his knees all day long.

Hire a handyman to do the demo, painting, tile, sheet rock, etc.Hire a plumber, electrician, HVAC/F,  ( these need to be contractors for codes and permits).You will save at least 25-40 K. 

Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone can recommend some stores for things such as tile, flooring, stone slabs, etc.

Hey guys I am prospective new home owner who's about to sign a purchase agreement for single family home 1931 old house with reletviltly old tile roof last done about 30 years a go the house is elevated about 6.6ft recent quotes had gave me about 24k in insurance while old owner pays 8400 and some other friend of mine who just finished renovating his house pays around 12kwhat am I missing here as this would be a deal breaker for me the house purchase price is 1mil

Decide if you want to purchase all materials yourself, or want them to -- there are pros & cons of each option.Also, there are many ways to budget on renos, but here are a few ways:- flooring: LVP vs Wood Tile vs Hardwoods vs Carpet.

We had one contractor lay electrical conduit from a utility pole underground to the building.

helping laying new floors, subway tiles, paint, yard upkeep.

Get a lay of the land and just hear what they have to say.

I'd also suggest to start laying to future path bricks early in the conversations but in the humblest way possible such as "going forward I'd really like to grow and expand upon this relationship, and at a future date discuss potentials for an acquisitions line of credit for short term holding of properties that at a set holding $ rolls into an umbrella commercial mortgage of some kind.