Definitely hope to talk more about this with you in the future :D

I have a tenant now, going on 3 years, in a Class C/D area who did not have the full security deposit herself at the time, but had a job.

Hello BP,I am going to do this thread as a thank you to all the help I have recieved from others on this site, and I am hoping it will help others to see me go through this process.Intitial closing and lessons learned here : http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/153...Now for the rehab since I am now the owner of this 1960's 3 bed / 1.5 bath home.( I am hoping that the picture is rightside up as it is showing upside down currently as I am typing)This is a rough mock up of the layout of the house https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4tlga09RSJN3hyU...And here are some initial pictures of the inside of the house.Living room (pictures are upside down again, if you open in a new window they are right side up though)KitchenDinning room (opposite of kitchen)Bedroom #1Full bath2nd bedroomhalf bath (jack and jill to bedroom 2 and 3)Bedroom 3 (master or at least biggest)Dinning room to living room with partial kitchenback of house with a shot of the covered porch.So that's how this project started, I went out to contractors with the following SOWhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4tlga09RSJX0VBL...This was my first experience going to to bid for contractors and I saw the range of contractors from folks that were professional to those that well were not.  

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But my loan amount will not be big as I will be raising equity on my side.Appreciate your assistance...Marcus :D

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