In the meantime I'll enjoy following your progress in here.Take care JoshuaFrank

So I am just wondering what the average cost is for a General Contractor is to come and evaluate a property that I am attempting to get under contract?

So I feel like I am definitely making progress, currently I am working in Apple Retail, but will be making the switch after I am all done with testing.

You need to evaluate much more than what you mention in this post.

I hope since this post you have made some progress that you can help teach us about.  

After a year or so then evaluate each individually.

Your RE agent should also be able to pull comps for you as well and you can take a look at the pics from when the properties where listed.You will also want to be evaluating these properties from the proper perspective.

Hello All,It has been progressively worse since I have been seriously looking the past few years to invest in some SFH's to make rentals .Prices & interest rates have gone up making it very hard to have any decent cash flow return with 20%.

I am trying to evaluate the financials of an HOA community and I was wondering if anyone has a rule of thumb for cash reserves or any other items that could be a red flag to investors?

I feel sorry for you but at the same token, some things do not add up in my mind.First, I assume you knew that the HOA had filed suit against the builder, and I assume you knew what progress was made in the suit.