I started as a lurker myself.

where do I start, Outdated fuel box need to be replace, had to add a French drain due to flooding. etc etc  I think I would of been better off being my own GC doing everything myself. 

But I really love the results.painting cabinets I think can be very subjective and it can depend on the comps in the area your comparing your property. we also started from the ceiling and move down with this refresh— painted the ceiling and installed new light fixtures to Brighten the space—and sometimes that’s enough to “refresh” a space but in our case we wanted to move forward with painting the cabinets from the orangey oak. before after

Hi, I am looking to start investing in section 8.

It was a little slow getting started.

A condition of my financing is to have plans available for an appraisal of the value after rehab, so I'm looking to get started on drawings as soon as possible.

I would highlight this for other investors about keeping reserves and if values start to soften this is a perfect example of what can go wrong when you are over leveraged and don’t have cash.

Sounds like you are off to a great start.#1 we have relatively few duplexes in the whole North Texas area it seems, compared to other parts of the country. 

We also had an extra umbrella policy.Now that a few years have gone by and we've obtained more assets, meaning we have more to loose, it's made since to start an LLC and start to move things under its protection.Even if you get a good management company, which sounds hard to do, you'll still have to manage them and make sure they're staying on top of things.

House hacking is a great way to get started in real estate.