If you play your cards right you probably could rehab and BRRRR your first property in 6 months to a year, and then go for the fourplex or larger units.

The education from doing will always Win out.

A 25 year old furnace always scares me going into a midwest winter.Otherwise I would agree with the comment above, that I usually just plan on 2500 in closing costs usually, If it comes out less, I win.

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Smart brokers will let their agents keep 100% commission on personal transactions because it is a good retention tool which is a win win. 

Good job on winning your bidding war.

No uniform, no computer, no time card, etc. 

Additionally, the net amount of the winning bid should show up under the Bid Results tab in Hudhomestore in a few days 

During the visit, we might engage in other light conversation but I never give my telephone number, address or leave a card.  

After flip flopping between various properties, we finally settled in on a duplex that had 1 unit occupied.Early in the deal, I told him that my credit was going to dip because I was borrowing the money from credit cards, so I was concerned about not being able to get a mortgage.