With Houston being an hour away from us, it opens quite a few doors locally.

In B.C. you can evict if a reno is required, renoviction.Here are the after reno numbers in CND dollars:Aquisition costs:Purchase 460kClosing costs 9kDown payment 115k (25%)3.1% rate on a 30 year Am (no other loan cost)Monthly expenses:Management fee (use local handy man on hourly basis, handle rents and tennants on my own) $150/monthProperty tax $336/monthRepairs and maintaince $435/month Insurance $120/monthReserve $300/monthRent Roll:Rent 1k per unit, 6k/monthVacancy 5% ($300/month)Reno cost:Renos 30kARV:650k (conservative)ROI:Cash flow $2,885.00CoC 22.49% (including reno costs)ROI 27.07%Cap rate 11.37%Looking for input, thoughts or similar experiances. 

You took 3 hours of CE classes to learn how to do short sales.

Brickel during rush hour is the worst.!!

I have been rehabilitated my mother in laws house for the past three years, with the little bit of money I make, while fixing my credit from a mother that used my name in my younger years irresponsibly.

The training to become a land surveyor seems fairly minimal and surveys cost at least several hundred dollars for a few hours work.

My leads are up to 142 and to do all of these it took about 2 hours.

It has already wasted 1/2 hour of my time.

I also think it may be a good investment for myself to at least speak with an attorney for an hour to get their take on the subject.

I live an hour north of Dallas, and would want to stay in that area.