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As an investor the most important thing is the numbers, not the color of the walls, etc.

-PBFirst if you are an accredited investor you will have access to a much larger pool of funds that generally have much better investor terms, and many of the sponsors have much more experience, more skin in the game, etc.

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Also, you don’t have a property lined up yet, so they could be hesitant to take you seriously.Once you have a property you’re under contract for, that might show them that you have more skin in the game.

Rehab depends on price point and how dated the home is to begin with, in FL I'd say the easy renovations are things like if your bathroom vanity and/ or toilet is a color other than white/ gray it is likely worth it to upgrade.

Sellers will tell you what they think you want to hear to sell their properties (I know the world should be a better place and all, but on the commercial side (the dark side) it is even worse lol)...Knowing this fact, your goal is to protect yourself as much as you can.

No skin in the game in CA. 

, about $2.50 in change (yay), a bottle of nail polish (okay, color's not bad), a spoon (what the...), then the syringe (aw, hell no!)

Zillow is a shot in the dark.