But they had the opportunity to get hired if they gave the lowest bid and/or I felt like they were the most qualified.I would think you'd burn a lot of bridges fast if you just used people for estimates with no intention of ever hiring them.

Burned the entire kitchen - and the rest of the unit needed to be gutted due to smoke.

I got burned on one a few years ago and it cost me over 3K to put in a new tank (mine was ancient and had collapsed on itself).

I am willing to bet that the real investors are still around, the speculators riding the hot wave got burned to a crisp.I bought a few near the peak, luckily for me they were in TX where values do not go up or down as fast as many other states, so I only took small losses, but learned great lessons.I am still here today and stronger than ever from the experiences.

I have thought about notes but I don't know much about it, and more importantly, where to find them.Overall I'm a little burned out by submitting a zillion offers and I'm not willing to pay short sellers under the table, etc. to get my offer accepted.

The real estate industry promotes "starter homes" for exactly that reason.

Simply waiting three months will on average lead to thousands of extra dollars if your property is cash flow positive (rehab's arent).I wrote that article after being burned by seasonality.

You could ask the fire department to do a control burn on it for a training exercise and cut down on demo and haul costs.You could also fix and sell it quick depending on what it could rent for.If you posted pics on here many of the rehabbers could let you know an estimate to fix and time involved.

I'm not promoting this site but I read this recently and it made me think a little more about my business and my personal life.http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/9-beliefs-of-remarkably-successful-people.html

I was always competing with liars, like the advertisers on bankrate or companies promoting themselves on the radio, with bogus rates or terms.