City violations (and permits if required) might add a significant amount of time and money to your rehab project.  

I'm hoping to find someone in the Philadelphia area who is currently working on a flip so that I can stop by and see how the project is going to learn for my flips.

When searching for the right contractor for your investment project, what questions do you ask these prospective GC's?

I am new to Joliet (and Illinois) and just bought my first duplex in the Cathedral area in December. We were talking to a neighbor of ours and she told us that the city is putting in a new stadium (sounds like it will...

The project I had wanted to do requires a Whiteville sewer tap, so my non-subdivision, 10 door (townhome or SFR) project is on hold until I can dedicate time and energy to get it moving. 

The fact that YOU are taking your West coast gains and leaving would give me pause if I lived on the West coast. actually my Oregon investments are pretty substantial just not in the rental realm  all new construction.. just finished a 23 home project were I sold the homes at 425k to 500k... and have a 90 lot one lined up for next year.. that will be a 50 million dollar deal.. so no I am not taking it all out of state.. although we have some pretty substantial projects in Charleston SC as well.as you know this is predominately a landlord site... and I am not a landlord.. but quite active in real estate in other avenues.. 

The non-profit is implementing a project called the Teachers village or Educators Village.

Profit split on the back end if you have the time to oversee the project. 

It is one of the reasons I highly recommend all RE investors start local.My point is that your projections on expenses look very optimistic.  

Sometimes it can be better to have a BUFFER between the owner of a project and government officials.