It’s a 4bd/2bth roughly 1200sq ft ranch style home, I believe the previous owner ran out of money on it; it’s got a new roof, all new wood framing, new electric was ran (but permit wasn’t closed) & all of the plumbing is ran (permit wasn’t closed either). 

Without having a tremendous network of professional contacts in my desired market already established, I'm finding there to be a little challenge in growing this network remotely, though I know this is an important aspect in getting to the next stage in investing.Lots more questions, but I'll start there. 

Divide that by the number of humans under its roof and you will have “Percentage of happy per human” which is an important metric in STR. 

I liked the cash flow potential of a short term rental, combined with the aspect I could also use it as a vacation spot for my own family.

What aspect of the hard money lender's agreement makes it more favorable for a bank to write a mortgage on sooner?

That being said, I am still very budget conscious (raised a good Jewish girl & frugal LOL) and absolutely love the creative aspect of designing homes.

The things that are really concerning for me would be missing hot water heaters, broken pipes, roofs at the end of their life span, etc.

Roofer- Kardelis Roofing in Easton plumbing/HVAC- George’s Plumbing and HVAC in Bangor I’m looking for a mason myself right now

Ask the seller about the condition; has anything been updated, age of roof, hvac, electrical, plumbing, etc.

Hello,I'm running an RE meetup in Missoula Montana, and am looking to invite private lenders and hard money lenders so we have have that aspect of the RE community represented.