I have been going off the average cost per sf of sold, updated houses, within a mile, with similar sf, baths, br and lot size, and sold within the past 3 mos.

I was able to find the exact same brand of lock on Ebay, and installation couldn't have been easier.

It could use a brand new wood porch.

Truly depends on the system and brand, btu and efficiency.

I just got back from Clearwater beach and we drove all around the tampa/clearwater area and I gotta say.....a lot of neighborhoods are run down with closed businesses all over the place.Does anyone have any insight on starting somewhere brand new vs. your hometown area as a brand new investor OR Florida real estate investing in general?

Time for Americans to step up, get our hands dirty and innovate again.

Companies like AMD, which are innovating in the APU (GPU/CPU integration), have good poential if they can do well.

When you are doing a low end rehab..we can get away with using used appliance and not having a washer/dryer...on the flipside...the higher value the rehab the closer the rehab needs to be to a "brand new condition"

I recently purchased a brand new home that was REO.

He gave me his numbers this morning and I had my broker submit offers on the 3 the buyer is interested in at $10K below what he is willing to pay.I would like to do a few flips of my own with brand new people so that I'm not dependent upon the people presently in my business.