This thread covers a bunch of different issues I've seen in 10+ years of RENOVATING AND SELLING (You can look up my thread, which didn't go far about why I think even simply saying the F-word (flip) is as STUPID as shooting yourself in the foot, when Wrigley for instance will spend millions picking the name of a new gum, names, terms, etc matter to consumers and to say the biggest purchase of your life is a "flip" which to me sounds like something slapped together, I can't see ANY possible way using the f-word will NOT hurt the selling price.)I don't bother even looking anymore at anything close to the lower end and once I sell the two lower priced rehabs where I essentially had to "rehab much of the rehab" and I take the lion's share of the blame on these, as I'd taken on too much and became far too loose in my supervisory and QC duties, so I had a GC who started hiring hacks, an electrician who among other things, never bothered to pull a permit on one of the places (and when I contacted the city, who I had a great rep with-they came down hard on ME NOT HIM!!!)

I understand getting my foot in the door is probably the most monumental hurdle I have probably encountered as it is life changing if i succeed.

I think people like bullet points - they are scanning lots of homes and you want to make they key facts easy to spot: number of BR, bathrooms, garage space, square footage and location.We use two seperate contracts: a regular rental agreement and a simple option to purchase agreement.

Getting your foot in the door is hard but once in the market, it usually works out if you hold long enough and buy in the core areas with good schools and employment.

Skill, experience, and a foot on the ground.

You can't select tenants based on their family make-up, there are square footage and bedroom sizes set for occupancy.

One was so bowed it had huge bolts with 10' square plates held together with 4inch nuts!!!

One that we may need to loose a little footing on a couple times along the way to sort of get it right.  

all three needed; New roof, siding and windows. moderate to heavy amount of landscaping needed, new deck, possibly extra structures on property need demo'd and removed such as extra gerages, etc.when i say $$/SF I mean if i look at the MLS and see the house has 2,000 finished square feet I would take my number such as $20/SF and multiply it by the listed 2,000 so my budget for example would be $40,000.

At 1.5 spaces per unit 50*1.5=75 spaces  and average of about 300-350  square feet for the space and room to maneuver that will put you at between 22,550 and 26,250 square feet just for parking more than half an acre.