I also don't know how much to "spread out" (number of houses in the suburbs) vs "go vertical" (e.g. 6 flat in the city).

I guess start by seeing if they own properties themselves (good), does there client base already have investors (good), what do they charge for closings (flat fee?)

There's usually either a flat spot that the screw hits against or it screws in from the front.

A Real Life Example To lend credence to the above, a recent example comes to mind regarding a modified bitumen flat roof that had already exceeded its statistical life cycle by somewhere around 5 years or more whereby the current owner and occupant of the property had come to realize that it would probably only be a matter of time before they'd begin to experience more problems with the roof resulting in leaks that could jeopardize the operation of the business not to mention that any additional repairs would essentially be a waste of time, money and resources in postponing the inevitable resulting in a recover or complete tear-off and replacement of the existing roof covering.

Morning All, We have an issue where the city of Chicago has sited us for having lead-based paint in a few areas of a 2 flat on the south side and we must now correct the issue using a Licensed Lead Abatement Contractor. 

After discussing a SDIRA with my accountant I have decided to make my down payment out of my 401k with conventional financing. I’m 60 years old so there’s no penalty and eat the tax’s upfront. SDIRA is just to restric...

I can do value-add with a stable economy (flat), and provide great returns.

Due to the variance in bill amount, the tenant will need to pay a different amount every month, which will be a pain in the butt for you to have to deal with.Or, if you did a flat rate for utilities (which a lot of people do) you run the risk of not actually covering the utilities.

The taxes in Park Forest make me sick, it's flat out robbery

I got it for cheap so I have quite a few options besides just flat out reselling after I quiet title but was looking for outside the box suggestions.