Got a call from a seller and here's the info: SFH that he described in good condition, needing updating on the finished basement and the bathroom as well as a new roof probably (mainly b/c it's old, not b/c it's leaking).

This is a way to get your foot in the door in real estate in this market, get trained, and earn money.

Stainless sinks are pretty indestructible (but don't use a faucet with a separate sprayer), and spending an extra $1 per door/drawer pull will again help you avoid the "rental" look.

Comps and other MLS data is available through a real estate agent; however, you don’t want to abuse the relationship.Solid relationships with a real estate agent will open doors for you that may have been securely closed in the past.

People generally buy notes as income instruments, not as back-door purchases.

Now, a great percentage of the Park Memorial homeowners have "Extreme Hazard" stickers on their door, their parking garages are "unsafe".

No business is going to allow inventory out the door below their cost of capital!

We are the only ones with keys to the locks on the doors.

When I arrived I found HUGE holes in a couple of walls, various wires within the walls had been cut, and some lengths removed, 5 interior doors that had been kicked in, truly nasty carpet, dead lawn, a kitchen that a hand grenade would have improved, a hole through the sheetrock and brick where a window/wall A/C had been removed, etc, etc.

sounds pretty brown to me since the tenants NEVER keep the doors or windows closed nor the lights turned off,,,you name it they WILL waste it!!