I have an accepted offer on a duplex and i will be getting the home inspected this week. is Infrared scan recommended for hot/cold spot detection?

on the flips side I made a 500k flip fee on a 14 lot development.. but I did put up the 50k EM and I did spend about 75k getting it pre plat approved.. then builder closed once all appeals were exhausted.. but I was also prepared to close if he tried to back door me or go around me.. which is not uncommon when you get into the bigger money players.. at the time I did not even realize wholesaling was a thing or you would call it that.. maybe it was a development wholetail since we did put up 125k of risk money :)on the one I just paid the 125k to someone else we have an offer on the table right now from lennar which is a 1mil profit. but again I put up by the time its done 325k to get there.. the mil we get our 325k back then a check for 1 mil if the stars all align .. we could lose 325k also.. rapid appreciation like this I guess those that call appreciation gambling maybe that's exactly what it is... gun slingers.. take me a long time to make 1 mil in a year owing rentals though  LOL..

So the investors I pitch to are the one's who I know have the cash, credit, lender relationships, and processes in place to get the deal done rapidly. 

Once you have a full report you can run a few simulators like "rapid rescore", "Wayfinder" or "Credit Wizard" these are all tools most banks and lenders use to help a borrower see what can be paid down or off to get a specific score.You also have options to inquire about "Pay for delete" collections and check you statute of limitations on collections based on the state. 

Not a lot, but some.Interest rates stay more-or-less the same - I expect prices to slowly increase.Interest rates decline - I expect prices and rent will rise rapidly.

This school district has one of the most desirable high school in the state.After 3 years of trying buy/hold rentals with largely turnkey providers from 2013 to 2016 - 9 turnkey SFR and one duplex, I wanted to scale without having to buy multifamily or creating a giant real estate machinery (rapid growth in # of units like many investors do).

I am looking at getting into the Muskegon, MI market both as a contractor & an investor and would like feedback and information on areas/neighborhoods to look at and the ones to avoid. Any rules and regs that the ...

I set aside at least 30min a day just to scan through posts on here and other similar sites.

I was just wondering how you would go about finding a hard money lender or private lender in the rapid city, SD area. 

One of the real estate Facebook groups I scan through occasionally has been loaded with people posting asking for a place to rent, while simultaneously looking for ammunition (and being egged on by others in the comments) to refuse to leave their current rental due to covid..