Something to the affect of "This contract is contingent upon a satisfactory inspection.

If you do leave it, and have supply or drain side leaks, you end up tearing out all the other new work to fix it.If you choose to do nothing, and the rest of the home is "fresh", then the bathroom becomes a big detractor, and will affect the quality and number of prospective applicants.Of course, if you are just flipping, glazing the tub, surround, and sink fixture can make a HUGE appearance improvement for very low investment, and you can pick the latest designer colors!

Any down payment or reduced purchase price would affect the cash flow.

My particular area of interest is how the increasing use of the internet is affecting the REI.Originally posted by "loki005":Hello there Simon-Welcome to biggerpockets and please feel free to browse through all of the forums and threads.

Repeat the formula “Om courage” mentally, daily several times.I hope this helps someone out there.

An investor who chronically makes these mistakes will not long be an investor.The common mistakes made by experienced investors are a bit more subtle, but are perhaps even more damaging because over time the costs are compounded until the entire portfolio is affected.1.

By definition a franchise operator who has been around for a while has a repeatable process.

It isn’t easy to get started this way but once you do it isn’t that difficult to repeat the process. 8)

i.e. the money I make when sell out will that be affected by capital gains if I don't reinvest right away?

My biggest question for now is: I have heard that Minnesota has a new law thatwent into effect 8/01/07, that might affect a REI doing his work with pre-foreclosures.