Once you find a house you like, then you'll know if you need the 203k or not, and how much you can spend.

He no longer lives in the area anis ready to dump the units, I explained we have two flips going on now so I did not want to spend money upfront.

However, that is not most files, and the ones that spend the money to do that would not like being contacted by you anyway.

It also depends on how much you want to spend and make off the deal. 

Alexey Krol On #3, you spend and get 30-50% profit of the selling price, on #1, you buy at 75-80% and hopefully profit 5% (in LA). #1 and #2 is the same.

I did spend $50 on them when they had there baby.

I would keep it to myself for now and spend the time scouting the terrain.

Keep it just below the top price other homes like yours have been renting for.If you have never rented a property before, you might want to hire someone anyway or at least spend a lot of time educating yourself.  

You hold no board meetings because it's not really a corporation, so why spend the time and energy, right?

Spend time on the forums to get a solid grip on the real estate game.