I got real , real lucky by finding not one but two partners who are responsible for the financial aspects of our investments , I do the boots on the ground part from seeking the investment to inspecting them and estimating rehab and managing the rehab and design and even help with marketing them when they are ready for sale.

Is your market a flip market or a cash flow, buy and hold market - Don't Try To Flip In A Cash Flow Market or Cash Flow In A Hot Seller's Market.Serve The Masses Live With The Classes...You'll notice that the huge IKEA store is full of chic designs that are highly functional, have great style and are very affordable.  

@Paul Winka - Though it may not be required in your state or local jurisdiction, it would probably be best to hire a licensed/insured contractor to do this work and hire an engineer separately and directly to do the analysis/design.

I've been an Estimator and Assistant PM for a GC, performed take off for a large government construction management firm, conducted design reviews on behalf of the government, and I am an Architectural & Civil Drafter by trade.

Price data, and rent value can easily be found on zillow, but market based data is a bit harder to find.I've been scouring the web for economic and city planning information (Iowa market mostly), but most of it seems like promotional material for getting businesses into my state.Here is the sites of been using to pull basic city data, statistics etc.http://www.deptofnumbers.com/rent/http://www.city-data.comhttp://www.bestplaces.netWould love others to chime in as well.Best,Michael

Pillow is specifically designed to offer short-term rentals as an amenity.

We also seem to have similar backgrounds as I have a mechanical design engineer background.

But I am an interior designer (I work at a local architecture firm), and I'm willing to help with any interior design or decorating issues/questions you may have!

The last time I posted it was about the loan agent , this time it is concerning the attorney and the fact that there was found to be some code violations.To make a long story short, a couple of days after the contract was signed I go to the city of Chicago web sight and enter the address of the property and it comes up with a few things dating back to 2011 and 2012 ,I contact the "my" attorney and let him know that those things were not disclosed.After some time the seller make a change of attorney and the new attorney offers some credit towards repairs and that was fine with me.

Or was it just that the the property wasn't maxed out for the zone that it is already designated for?