The first, not a lead in any shape or form, but the second call was much more interesting, though only promising at best.I am looking at the property tomorrow, although I suspect, based mostly on instinct, that this will not be a deal.It's definitely nice to see the knowledge I have gathered here at Bigger Pockets, and elsewhere, turn into being one step closer to my goal.

The house is in rough shape and needs a ton of work however my budget is $70k on it and my GC came in at $85k.

I see the trends going to more cool neutrals (grays) than browns and I second the idea of using navy.

I work in engineering and I'm seeing several developer clients dusting off projects they shelved in 2007-2009 and trying to get them going again, will new inventory drop the bottom out of prices or spur further purchases of nice clean new homes in desirable areas.So until some of this volatility has a chance to stabilize, it is going to be very difficult to see where the market is trending.

What are some of the historical trends that made it so?

Unemployment rate trend - looking for markets that seems to be recovering and would lead to more population coming in.

This is where rentometer can be a boon to help identify those trends on a general level on a map and help you avoid a false sense of security with comps selectively provided by your agent....

The doors are all in pretty bad shape. 5.

Many more people are working from home, so large commercial buildings are starting the trend as well.

Both properties are priced at $80 per square foot, which I think is pretty good because they are both in great shape (I would be putting nothing into them in the way of improvements as they have both been remodeled recently).