They are part of the business community and have a voice.In todays world, STR's By Owner have become a threat to local populations and as a result we are seeing all of the new and revised ordinances that restrict or ban the practice. 

So while using the tax rate for us is good practice, we are usually over estimating.  

Networking is always a great practice and you never know who you might meet there and what good information they have to share.

I think one major barrier to us newbies is the fear of vastly misreading the rehab estimate, and getting in over budget and over our heads. Here is my request that I think would help lots of people by using real life ...

Disclaimer: While I’m an attorney licensed to practice in PA, I’m not your attorney.

Its good practice to provide an estimate of repairs but every buyer is different and they're going to have different opinions/ideas about what needs rehabbed.

He loaned me the 20% that I needed, which allowed me to use my funds on another project simultaneously.

In this industry, there seems to be a lot of friendly referrals that don't actually translate to deserving business practices.

Practical, hands-on advice and lots of smart ideas.

I no longer practice brokerage for other people because I hate it, but that's a topic for another post!