I did all of the leg work but, more importantly, gained a ton of experience.

yup, these are some of my favorite, most informative discussions....and the most important.

Daniel,Welcome back to REI, but more importantly welcome aboard Bigger Pockets!

When choosing a lender for fix and flip properties the most important number is the points.

You get to be involved during some of the most important times in your clients lives.It's also competitive as hell and it can take years to distinguish yourself as a professional rather than a fly-by-night agent.

You want to make sure your contractors are working when you're not around.How important is it to be there a "couple of times a day" vs. say once a day or every other day?

Rents will only be able to be adjusted to what the going market rate is AND even more important, you will have to honor the previous owners lease with the tenants until it expires according to state law.

I would re-do my contract with the property manager & indicate that they will have to pay at least fifty percent--or some monetary amount- for things like what you have described- that are real damage and cost to repair---I find that money is only important to them if it is theirs--your money is never dealt with the same way.

I switched from generic postcards to absentee owner-specific letters in my 3rd mailing and here are some important learnings:1) I actually got some returned mail with my letters, which I didn't get with my postcards, despite mailing them 1st class.

You can get market data from calling on currently listed ads and asking questions about its details, most important being sq/ft to figure out the rent/sqft ratio and what part of town its in.