Also, by doing these recordings, you will force yourself to pay attention to every aspect and detail that might need attention, without really annoying the showing agent by slowing the viewing down too much.Lastly, go online and look for housing inspection check lists--there are dozens listed there, and then check for your local 'repair costs'. 

I understand that the credit agreement, loan doc, etc. will have defined terms that would most likely answer this question, but for now, let's ignore any comments about reviewing the loan docs.Has anyone ever tried this approach? 

We work with a realtor on all our flips and by just using the online free websites, our numbers are always in the ballpark of what our realtor is saying the ARV of the property is.

Our latest units to bring online, this hasn't been the case. 

Personally, I think the biggest challenge of the short-term rental market is the amount of management required, and you're at the mercy of the reviews. 

The capias list for Housing Court is always fun to review to see which properties are allegedly (innocent until proven guilty and all) excessively delinquent.

(Rosemead and El Monte are pretty different from South Pas, but as you look at things online, have them drive the neighborhoods and see which ones stand out to them the most.

I was reading online that its pretty hard to get your money back if a contractor just runs away.

There's been a lot of co-working space coming online but we need to land a few large biotech type tenants down there so it becomes more of a "live, work, play" environment downtown.

This again allows you to maintain control and have transparency with where your money is going.To wrap everything up I will give an example of what Gear'd Development does.1. walk through with client and review of the scope of work.