Properties with endangered species Properties with historic or anthropology significance Properties with failed perk tests Properties with failed septics and wells Other than that tax sales are a piece of cake.

My primary rule of thumb is don't get it tested by a certified mold inspector...ever.

Splitting it into 3 lots should be an easy one, as long as everything else looks good (sewer/septic, utilities, etc.) and the costs to improve are reasonable.In northern California to split a parcel that had septic it was necessary to do 'wet weather testing" to determine how much water the soil could hold before becoming saturated, etc.

You need to do a lead paint test any time there's damage that disturbs the paint of a home or building was constructed pre 1978. 

I'm about to take my states contractor test but I thought I'd share some forums I frequent that help me in my building and investing business's.

Nothing tests the nerves like driving around a construction site with 2 guys in a metal cage 50' in the air.

Sort of a similar track...I have a GC license(the course and test were a blast, right?)

In the meantime, I would purchase a duplex (easier to find in good to great condition) and use it to test and develop your turnkey systems.

There are a lot of hype and misinformation on the DF act which has not been tested in court yet that I know of.Joe Gore

I went on Trulia and looked at their sold houses trying to figure ARV, but I want to make sure others would come to the same ARV as myself because the houses I've been looking at doesn't seem straightforward in their pricing.My question is are there others in the Twin Cites of Minnesota who could either give me a few examples of how they got their ARV for certain houses or test me and give my a house for sale and ask me what I would estimate ARV as?