I might even fix up the electrical enough to get power up, since I can do all that, and the cost of materials is next to nil, and that will enable me to run fans to air out the property, power tools to do the "puttering around," etc.2) If that fails to make it attractive enough for a cash buyer, offer the best terms possible to minimize the rehabber's out-of-pocket expenses and facilitate the easiest deal.

Anybody out there got access to a list of Portfolio Lenders thatstill haven't been driven insane by the likes of the Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Finishing with higher end materials in a higher risk category is not a cost effective use of investment capital.Tim

from the price differences and the fact that one of the houses in newly built, while the others are older, means that you are probably looking in an area that has a lot of different style and size houses. this neighborhood was probably built over the course of many years, rather than by one builder.you need to look at sq. ft. and use that as a function in your determining price. come up with a price per sq. ft. for your comps and apply it to your house. different builders would also indicated different materials used to build, establish a discount for houses that are wood frame rather than block.

Once the root of the problem is solved, spray the affected areas with a 50/50 solution of bleach and water, and then replace the dry wall with new material.

Which is about 30% below the current value, and close to 50% below the peak.In that particular case, I think the pricing in Bakersfield was driven by people being priced out of LA and realizing they could get a nice place at a much better price.

Shaft driven, 650 lbs, 120 stock HP. 0-60 in 2.8 seconds OR just when your switching into second after getting on it. 6 gears and 60 in the first onewas sick, what was sicker was when it came up on you at almost 700lbs in second gear when your doing 60!

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For labor and materials.

I purchased bandit signs, business cards, found contracts in material I already had and listened to lots of teleseminars.