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If it appears to be abandoned, go ahead with the make ready.

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Being active in the community and listening to the podcasts is a wonderful way to build your knowledge base and puts you light years ahead of other novices.

Do I still go ahead and have them re-finished to make them look new or keep as is?

if it appreciates a lot in year one and you go below 80 LTV then go ahead an refinance to elim PMI

I would be working with the realtor and designer to get their 'buy-in' on the colors/style for a faster sale.Would you sell the place as is, and use the rehab money for the purchase of a second property, or go ahead  use it to rehab?

I will keep a heads up on rentals for you out here, but yes they are not available out here. 

With the amount I have to work with I could potentially end up with 2 buildings with many units in them.The main point of my ramble is I want to be talking ahead of times to lenders, and I do desire to leverage out my proceeds to the point that is reasonable and profitable and with 25 percent down that could be 3.6 to 4 million in purchases.