Excellent points to consider as well as the fact that I could use winter as a good negotiating tactic.

They will say things like fully remodeled and you find out they patched a few mechanicals and put lipstick in of carpet and paint and are claiming turn key properties in excellent shape.

I will also have them to collect information in excel for a direct mailing.

I knew her former landlord and he said that she was very clean and kept the property in excellent condition.

Thank you for the excellent feedback.

excellent advice, I've seen a few of these guys as well and jerry is right, they don't want to dump them.

Numbers seemed excellent but, of course, going well over budget with improvements.

The house is in grave condition it was built in 1920 it needs a total face lift As always Rick H. gives excellent advice.

I think financing is an excellent way to grow your business, but to grow too fast without having reserves for the rainy days could be like you said in your article, disastrous.I'm currently exploring options to refi and cash out one of my free and clear because the property value jumped more than 100% of my purchase price + repair costs.I'm looking at: 1) acquiring another income generating free and clear with the proceeds2) trying a flip, and applying what I know about the planning, permit, and construction aspects to my advantage.Both are leveraging up, but with option one, I'd still have piece of mind that there isn't a big loan attached to it.

Over the past decade, I have become accustomed to a high standard of landlord excellence; they are the acknowledged best in the region and we really loved working with each other.My prospective PMs have a very different reputation, but they also have my house.