Ideally the people who made money on giving this advice should be the ones paying to bail them out.

Ideally you want to live rent free, so any money you earn from a job can go into your investing "war chest".

Ideally, under 90 days, similar square footage, same beds and baths, and in the same neighborhood.

Now that you mention it, it strikes me that these wouldbe ideal if you have an empty rental unit and youdon't want dust to accumulate on hard wood floors.Just set one loose.

This is a question for the well experienced and seasoned entrepeneurs who wish they could go back and do it all over knowing what they do now.

I am a pre-newb. In about a year, I plan to take a chunk of cash totalli...

Ideally I want a purchase price of no more that 150K per home.  

Zero maintenance fees and minimal vacancy is obviously ideal and best case scenario.  

I deal with a lot of different contractors and have been building a team and not really realizing that I was doing it..

I'm thinking to push for a loan in range of 67% LTV (including rehab costs) and ideally I'd be able to get 7 year fixed, but it sounds like if I could get your type of terms that would be fine.

hey Danielle I am really late on this post, I am a drywall salesman I deal or know a good chuck of installers in town (I better since I've been doing it for 9 years) On future projects I would be more then happy to give you a couple of contacts to supply labor.