@Ryan MontyDepending on where you’re looking I have a GC that will walk a property and come up with a range for rehab cost for $295 per house or if you have a few in the same area he cuts down the price.

They said “prop cor” on them and had pink bands tied at the top.

She suggested a smaller local bank, commercial loans or a loan tied to a retirement account for collateral.

Which I'm not thrilled about, but is acceptable for a down the road expense that I can tie into an upgrade job.

You would either need to take out the gate (my guess is that is probably not difficult) or cut down trees to make a path out. 

If you mean it doesn't have newer homes, but has good schools, lawns are cut, houses are taken care of and it is safe; I'd have no problems buying there. 

The cheatsheets simplify your own plan preparation and review process.The plans for my next remodeling project passed from the first attempt.When you submit your own plans, if you're doing a carport enclosure into a garage or adding a carport, or even things like adding, moving or changing the size of windows or doors, or adding pocket doors and similar -- you'll most likely be required to provide a letter from a structural engineer on the type of headers to use, the studs and possibly even bolts to tie bottom plate to the slab for new load bearing walls.

you'll have $170K of funds tied up for a few months while you go through the rehab and then refinance. if another deal comes along you could lose out on it if you don't have any cash.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like to try and cut that cost!

Most surface owners here make money through damage payments from the mineral owners, by leasing the property for cattle grazing, selling fresh water for oilfield operations (groundwater is tied to surface estate in TX), or building commercial facilities (man camp, RV parks, etc) depending on accessibility.