Prepare to spend lots of money on direct mail and marketing.

I think I would move to a small town in the mountains, make a retirement investment and prepare to settle down.

Depending on price point, be prepared to come to the table with a higher than offer than advertised.

*Are you prepared to take on a real estate investment?

I've been busy searching for deals, writing a book, I began my motivational speaking career as well as preparing to re-launch my clothing brand.I've been actively looking for deals in the South LA market, but haven't had much luck.

A deal like this would sound good to me as long as it wasn't my only horse in the race (I had a stable portfolio generating positive cash-flow) and I was prepared mentally and financially to deal with potential vacancy or modestly lower than expected rents.

They will also know what you need to prepare for financially and document wise.

I like to over prepare & I select properties by calculating the worst case scenarios all around! 

I've seen many properties entered in the MLS for auction for a fraction of the price just to put it there.So if the property is a good deal, it would be prepared to end up paying more of the market value.

Can anyone recommend someone/crew to help clean up a house to prepare for rental in the Oakland, CA area that is reliable?