The parking lot in the near future will need a black asphalt recoating, windows look old which messes with heating bills, and the roofs appear older from the pics.

There are a number of groups in our area, I recommend the New England REIA for a conventional REIA and invite you to attend our free Black Diamond networking group in Waltham, see url in my signature.It is harder when you don't have cash, you will find many gurus who tell you that you don't need money to get started, but regardless of what they say, at the very least it is more difficult.

In this case I added 12% bringing me to $33,096, which I round to $33k.So already after doing this I know I forgot the 2 custom windows and that little problem in the ceiling of the patio thing with black mold on it...

. - Lots of black space out there for me in the REI world.

Comps are a mix of laminate/tile/carpet.HVAC- agreedGarage door - priced at about $700 installed - might be able to buy cheaper and install myselfWH - budget model for $350, install myselfKitchen appliances - I'm thinking ReStore or like new from CL for say $250-300 a piece for black/stainless oven and DW.

I don't think it's black-and-white, but in my opinion, here are two big things that would lead me to call someone a guru:1.

So we followed orders, I unintentionally ended up leaving my JansPort backpack inside of my friends vehicle in the passengers side which i always hold my wallet and other necessities that i refuse to fill up my pockets with to prevent overloaded pockets, so while we are standing in front of the cop car, the officer walked over to where I was (passengers side) of the vehicle searched and raised his hand in the air and said "Look what I found in the black Jan-Sport, a piece of marijuana" and I automatically rejected to the fact and said "thats impossible officer I have not had possession nor smoked marijuana in months if not longer and theres just no possible way you could of found that in there.

*Yes, there are short sales, but as a new investor, you don't want to go down the black hole of trying to talk someone's mortgage company into accepting your offer.When you create your mailing lists, you can dial in #3 & #4 above.Then it is via your messaging (what you say on your marketing pieces) that will help to dial in on #1 & #2.Wishing you much success, Tyler Shagi!"

It is amazing what painting the shutters and doors can do (we go with black a lot on light siding and it always looks pretty good.

I like Black Diamond REI myself (shameless plug)...