I made it perfectly clear that I wasn't selling anything and wasn't looking for anything in return.His response was pretty much, "Thanks but no thanks."

It's pretty reasonable that you take hits for acquiring a bunch of new debt before you've established your ability to repay it.Mine used to be flat out perfect and my score was low because I had so much going on.Not much is going to allow you unlimited ability to borrow in a short time period, but as has been said you can do the normal stuff like pay on time and keep your utilization under 30% and such.

Tomorrow am will be prepping the floor and I should be able to stain shortly after, weather says rain all day so it's perfect inside work time.

This is the perfect place to learn more about REI.

Purchasing for a buy and hold with hard money is perfectly fine -- that's if you're in the right market.

This is perfect!

You might see a perfect spot for a new driveway but until you ask the neighbor that has been in the neighborhood for 55 years tell you the size of the tree that stood where you are looking you didn't know the trouble you about to walk into.I guess at the end of the day it is your approach.

I talked to this lady last night, her husband will arrange for me to get a key and learned it's empty....perfect!

What kind of repairs would they need to be in perfect condition?

They would make perfect additions to a buyers' list / future investment partners.I've been debating the best way to do this.