Use a auto lock key pad door lock so they don't need keys and the doors stay locked, they cost about 140 but worth every penny. 

I'm trying to lock up my first wholesale deal (and get to closing as my previous contracts fell through).

I am glad we started investing when my husband was still in the USN, we had had the idea for some time and I'm glad we pulled the trigger when we did. 

Our cat routinely turned the knobs on our old gas stovetop, which didn't have an adequate locking mechanism (where you have to push and turn). 

. - Get a Schlage door pin pad lock to your house for easy key changing / access.- I subscribed to the Dominion Home Services home warranty type plan for $45/mo extra.

I'm looking at a few in the central Arkansas area, North Little Rock particularly, and can't decide if I want to pull the trigger.

It's not always the case but in general the buyers I have seen that call multiple brokers ( throwing stuff to the wall and see what sticks approach ) tend to not find the optimal property because brokers knowing the buyer is all over the place and not loyal the brokers do not want to work hard for them.What happens then is the days go by and then the buyer panics to lock in properties which end up being sub-optimal just so they do not pay tax penalties from a failed 1031 exchange.

Rehab cost and time completion is not an issue however I find myself in the paralysis analysis mode in pulling the trigger on our first fix N flip because of my novice with the offer end.

I'm renting here and hopefully going to lock up some multi-families in Kansas City, MO.

If you go the commercial loan route, the negative is the shorter am period and the fact that the interest rate is only locked for 5 years on the balloon.