All of that is of course if long term hold is your best choice for real estate investing.

In my research, it seems there are not that many options in each market, so maybe you don't have much of a choice.

If all three of those are correct then the question is a lifestyle choice: do you want to do renovations before you have kids or after you have had kids.You will most likely not be able to time the market, but you do have some control over when to have kids and when you want to do renovations.To be clear, my comments are about buying a HOME, not necessarily an investment.

Some designers are not willing to compromise their artistic design choices in order to compensate for your budget.

They have two choices, they can either apply with one of my lenders via phone or they can fill out my application, which I’ll forward to my lender for a decision.

"Solid Returns" makes a good point that's worth developing: One is typcially faced with a choice - in varying degrees- between appreciation and income.

I'm going to disagree with this statement...While a GC would certainly want you to believe that having him as a partner is the best situation, in reality this is just the best situation for the GC, not the investor.Put yourself in the shoes of the investor -- if you had a choice between bidding the job out to a GC for a fixed price or partnering with a GC for a percentage of the profits, why would you ever go the partner route?

In short (my personal opinion) a lot of subjectivity depends on where the property is, how you want to manage it, and looking at short-term (i.e. carpet) vs. long-term (tile) choices.

It would not be my choice of area to purchase a building like this.

It's tried and true and won't usually draw strong opinions from folks (like or dislike) like some of the more exotic materials do, which makes it a safe choice for a rehab.