., I have see some decent big picture sf maintenance routines at the sites of the big box retailers, home improvement sites and magazines, even realtors associations and home inspectors have some..there are even whole books on the topic that are worth a look.

I am reading J Scott's Book on Flipping House's and want to hear some of the forum member's interpretations of Chapter 4 subsection Analyzing Potential Properties "Price ratios between distressed and retail sales".

Does that mean there are only four REOs listed or are some of the retail properties likely REOs that are not advertised as such or are hidden?

@Ryan Provost That model is effective, but due to refi seasoning requirements, your pace can be restricted if you are trying to move too fast.And last but not least, welcome to BP.

Others pick a dollar threshold, like $250K or $350K.This is a topic I will be covering on Saturday January 7th when I present a three hour fast paced workshop for the Real Estate 101 series of the South Jersey Real Estate Investors Association (SJREIA) in Cherry Hill, NJ called "How To Use Buy & Hold to Retire with $2,000,000 in the bank And Make Money Now Doing It"Jim Kennedy, CPA

He does a lot more auction and investment type of deals than the retail deals.

You can learn at your own pace and it's free!!!

Columns include item, estimated cost per item (Google retail) and then actual amount paid per item cost.

Retail customers cannot see past the shag carpet outdated wallpaper and pink bathrooms.

I find that rural contractors offer extremely high retail prices thinking it's a "one off" and not a relationship.