I ask myself this question regularly and there are a couple reasons why I invest in Portland’s hot market. 

There is an large body of scientific studies around goals and expectations.

Examples are: tenants who party, sell drugs, make too much noise at night, have police called on them regularly, cause problems and generally depress and bully other "good" tenantsSome reasons I can think are:the tenant is on disability and the rent is guaranteedthe tenant is somehow related to the landlordthe landlord is negligentAre there any other other reasons why nuisance tenants are not kicked out?

I imagine one of the reasons you are flipping is because you want to be independent, to not have a boss or have to deal with the BS that you get at a regular job.

If you go the grey route, I would paint the main body of the house a warm grey, paint the “pop out” and shutters a few shades darker, have a crisp white color trim and an accent color for the door.  

I am curious for those of you who regularly post on BP to hear a little about how you spend your time.

But I'd still prefer to do a deal in my area as opposed to a long distance deal - at least for my first one in awhile..Here's what I'm thinking of doing:1) get a regular income producing 9-5 job and be miserable for awhile.

It's basically a process by which the regulatory body lays out a list of things that need to be corrected. 

Since my regular team was experiencing a large volume of no-heat calls (it's been extremely cold and windy for the past few days in our area), I called in a different HVAC person.

What's up BP Canada Family.Something some friends and I do that I've found really effective is to Mastermind regularly to keep everyone on-track, focused, and accountable towards their goals.