Speaking for myself... we provide our customers realistic schedules, and we're good at sticking to them (Barring acts of God or delays beyond our control)I would tend to say that if you have a contractor that you have to prod to get to completion dates, you've either hired the wrong kind of contractor or you set an unrealistic completion date.TL;DR - Hire a professional who will do what he said he will do.

If you have houses that tend to be nicer than the competition, then you will get flooded with section 8 applicants but also have no problem attracting quality non section 8 applicants that are willing to pay just a bit more.Regarding the full voucher amount...in my area, that means you rent to them all bills paid.  

Indy college rentals aren't as good as the usual college town rental [like Indiana University in Bloomington].The rents tend to be a little low and turn over is high - which is to be expected.The homes themselves are mostly older homes and tend to be priced higher than the same home in other neighborhoods with similar rent.

When you are new, you tend to try to force a deal to work, and you end up losing money.

Zillow is one of the worst tools on the internet as younger tech savvy people tend to think it is accurate.  

So, since this piece of land has a home on it, I found it odd that the SEV value was so low compared to other homes on the street (most of the time they are within the same ranges of each other, as most homes in subdivisions like this were built around the same time and tend to have a similar SEV for taxation).

Maybe things will go better since I tend to look more at a more conservative estimate when planning out projects.

I tend to be conservative.

i think we tend to underestimate repairs, especially when starting outdoes she have other offers?

Not too high on the cash right now and Cali homes tend be on the higher priced side.