. 🛑🔍🔸 This move reflects a growing dialogue on rent stabilization and affordable housing, amidst rising rent prices that are burdening residents across Virginia.

This sale price reflects the property's enhanced value due to the thoughtful and well-executed improvements.Profit Calculation:Sale Price: $205,000Less Purchase Price: $70,000Less Renovation Costs: $38,000Less Holding Costs: $5,000Total Profit: $92,000 (before any additional transaction fees or taxes)This project underscores the effectiveness of strategic property selection, focused renovations, and market positioning.

If I put 50% down on an investment it may cashflow but that's basically appreciation play because I'd have so much $ left in the deal & can only do that so many times before I run out of Cash.Yield in any investment vehicle, whether real estate, dividends, bonds, is a reflection of the risk in the asset.

I am only reflecting my understanding. 

I was going to bootstrap every dime into my real estate business, and I was going to put myself out of the picture as something of a liability in the operation.2013-2015: It took 2 years, but I completed all projects and towards the end I continued expanding the portfolio some more to 12 bldgs and 15 doors.I am often told that my projects often reflect myself in a very clear way: I had never been comfortable in assets or projects I wouldn't be willing to "eat my own cooking".

I wish I had a good link to an article or post to prove this to you but I'm sure if you google you can find articles & experiences reflecting this.

Personally, it always make me feel more credible as a professional to be able to refer people to someone who always does a great job, but I wouldn't blink at stopping if I've heard they are disappointing people -- I feel like that reflects on my own good judgment.

Unfortunately the old site does not reflect current programs and inventory.

Ironically when I reflect on the fact that i have residental properties today on the other side of the country it isn't a problem at all. 

So I need them gone; it was the sellers' responsibility to get that done; and it's gonna cost me a lot of money because they didn't.I think my strategy here will be to wait to close until they vacate, but ask them to make a concession on their selling price to reflect the costs I'm incurring.