Although not typically a fan of painted brick, We have painted the bricks on numerous houses, I can email you a couple examples if interested.You can also use a stone veneer, if you want to make some impact, we do this frequently with fireplaces.

I've done this with sellers/buyers in numerous other states.

Philip,I am by no means an experienced investor besides the first property I bought but property taxes are a very common error.

If you have some cash on hand you want to put somewhere to get it working for you, this could be a good opportunity (depending on numerous other risk factors).

Our main focus will be investing in multi-family/condo/townhouse properties branching into SFRs and eventually land development.My father-in-law currently owns 90 properties and is about to start developing land and building numerous units.

University classes aren't really an option, I don't find myself as motived when I am being taught in a class, I'd rather learn on my own via experienced investors and through trial and error...don't get me wrong though I love learning just not in school format.I have a general idea of the various types of investors, the passive rent based person then you have the flipper, the developer and finally the investor who's strategy incorporates both rental, flipping and development.

Look up each and every address to confirm it exists (credit reports have errors, and incorrect addresses occur); if it exists, you then research who owned it at the time when that applicant lived there.

To look at each deal as if you would buy it is a huge error.

We have done numerous, farmhouse or doggie bathroom, a few years ago.I always got rid of or moved the utility basin and installed a small vanity and mirror, Enclosed it with walls and a door, painted the floors and it always passed as a bathroom, for mls listings and to be honest, never paid attention to the apprasials if they counted it as a second bath, assumed they did, the houses always appraised.

I know every individual is different based off their goals but I have heard numerous things to wholesaling is best but also very risky to buying and holding so I just wanted further feedback on this.