They're also considering town homes as well.Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts on methods to go about this with them.

We didn't do much to the exterior so it would blend in and not attract the wrong attention, but the interior has inexpensive but modern finishes, brown-grey laminate throughout, light grey walls and white trim, cool pendant lighting, open floor plan, you know the template :) 

Their website is http://assessor.hamiltontn.gov/search.aspx.By using this method you can save time and gas and you should be able to locate 30 or 40 properties a week that might be of interest.

If you retain it all trim needs to be plastic and I would add a privacy film. 

Credit card cash advance... this is a hairy method we've kicked around.

You can trim that peg to make it fit, but guess what those "peg shavings" represent as applied to REI?

Bandit signs are a tried and true method of generating leads that still works.

I never used a bird dog method but if the deal is good I don't really care who else makes money on the deal.  

I suppose there are also hybrid ways to do it, and you'd probably use different ways for different circumstances, but when sitting down, for yourself, to calculate your net worth, what is the PROPER method?

With the right skinny contract and the perfect controlling clauses and contingencies you can do deals all day without lots of money or need to setlle.It took me years to discover this technique, but now that I understand the Control and Roll method of making money by selling real estate I don't own, I love it and profit from it all the time.