I guess I would ask what your appetite is for rehab and also what your plan is for management?

Make certain your offer is conditional on not just a building inspection, but verification of the presence or not of these contaminants.If you find some of the above, it does not automatically mean walk away (pending your appetite for deep retrofits), but you need to account for it in the offer you put forward.4) Cash-flow: Initial test: get ahold of the building expenses for the past 2-3 years.

If you don't have the appetite for risk a value-add strategy entails, dividing your current capital into down payments for turn-key properties will also work, but there is the drawback of equity being left in the deal while you save for the next one.

Typical turnkey companies are buying homes of suppressed value, adding value, and then selling them to the end user at a higher price as a stabilized rental. 

That being said everyone has different goals and appetite for risk.

A lot of properties on the eastside have non-permitted second units that you can either continue to rent without the permits (depending on your appetite for this) or get permitted as an ADU.Speaking of renters, you should only be considering properties with a vacancy right now.

The market is simply too hot for you to move quickly enough on your own.if you've got the risk appetite, you might look at East Austin in the areas that are developing and buy a home you can fix and then stay in.

They are all different, have different appetites and offer different rates and terms.

Depending on the state you are looking at, it's suppressing returns and/or increasing risk, usually both.

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