Find a good one and treat them with respect and you will have much more fun and make more money.I am glad that investor had the talk with me 30 years ago it has made a huge difference.

I was told the space shuttle has five computers that all calculate the same thing and vote, the majority rules and gets to command the shuttle flight, all in real time...try to imagine the possible races in that scenario.Programming was fun in the early days.

Anything in the lower 80's is over $10K easy and that is not fixed up. 90's are even worse, 20-25K.I do have to say though I have looked at prices in TX just for fun since my sister lives about 1.5hrs east of Dallas and the prices are night and day difference down there compared to here.

Can I withheld security deposit for the damage as she had 2 pets and looks like the dog chewed in the carpet by the room doors.

And I also want to make sure I set myself up best to be able to build on these lots in the future, because flipping is fun and very profitable, but frankly it's gotten a little boring and redundant for me and I'm excited to get into building.So my question is, how do I go about handling negotiating this?

But it can still be fun.

Of course the startup phase will involve a bunch of trips to the property, but that's normal.Have fun! 

Have fun! 

Have fun and be passionate about real estateChris...

I did do a lot of work myself and driving 2 hours away was no fun.