This has been quite a year and I’ve put countless hours into this project (ok I could count them, but I don’t want to).

I don't know any investor worth his or her salt who wastes the money on an inspection, and I can't count how many times I've talked to people who've had incredibly negative experiences with them.  

Casual Meet and Greet for anyone interested in any aspect of Real Estate Wednsday December 2, 6:30 PMPelancho's 117 W Macon Ln, Seymour, TNPlease let us know if you are able to attend so I can let the restaurant know the count!

We were shopping for mortgages thinking if it was for the one purchase, it would only count against us once, but that's apparently only if it's in the same 2 weeks, so each inquiry counted against us, especially as lender said we should keep our pre-approval active so they'd pull another credit check every 3 months or so, and we went almost a year before actually finding a deal worth buying.  

. ;) just ca. 20k is little high.I did live in the property for 5 years and rented for another 5, so I was hoping that HOA from the first 5 years that condo used to fix the leaking roof and elevator and garage door could be somehow counted against my base.Also what about excise tax?

I'm speaking with lenders and from what I understand they generally count 75% of gross rents toward income and require that DTI be <= .42.

I can only speak for Texas but here the only eviction you can count on winning is one where you can prove non-payment of rent.

Would the home to a property count since the property is not my business and is merely me showing a client a property -- part of my secondary job and what I would think would be a temporary location since we likely won't ever visit it again. 

You should check with a tax person as I believe a certain amount of flips could be counted as ordinary income.

Is an "enclosed porch" counted as part of the living square footage of a house when it comes to an FHA appraisal?