@aaron mazzrillo just curious what's the typical profile or motivation of a buyer who would take only half of a property.

I may have listened almost half of it now.

(instead of making my bosses money)im interested in flipping homes and eventually buy and hold. bought my first personal house a year an half ago, it was a short sale and ive remodeled the whole house myself on my spare time. presently im saving money towards my first investment purchase.well my question is where should i start?

The rates are ridiculous.Same house in parts of will county are half that price and the renter pool is far better than on the south or west sides of chicago.I would strongly urge you to look into other areas - even moreso since this would be remote investing anyway.

Makes the bid look lower and the customer has his fingers crossed and looses hope about half way through as they see that it's going to take Y$.

Step one, after having the property line clearly delineated, I'd cut the extension cord an inch onto your side of the property.

Now I'm back in the great Pacfic NW - half those temps and rainy.

You can also apply things that are flat out wrong or only half right at best and not get the results you want.So learn as accurately as possible and the put that best information into action.

Question now is how much for maintenance, repairs, required improvements, such could take half, 2,000 a year per property, if so, you're back to the same rents Properties at the bottom usually don't appreciate except as to rents, so there really isn't anything to even closely count on or consider.Now, consider the hassle factor, class of tenants, dealing with local officials, ordinances, even reputation.

I'd have to be VERY confident that my numbers were right (meaning your evaluation that it was selling at half its value) since buy and hold isn't really an exit strategy when you're paying such high interest rates on your money.