I live by Waneka Lake around the corner from you. 

The neighbor was home when we visited the property ( homeowner who's been there 30y) he thought they cut a few (minor) corners when the renovated the roof over the covered porch.

We have a half acre on a corner lot and we're planning on demolishing the old horse stable (the parcel used to be much larger) and running plumbing, electrical, etc. 

I am also not looking to share ownership unless I am pushed into a time-crunch corner which I really hope I can avoid.The earlier figures you mentioned are roughly what I'm going to be dealing with.

Often, when you see someone complaining that we determined we could not fund their "great deal" one of a few things has happened - the comps they used to value the property are not the lowest ones (as the lender we base our offers on the "worst case" scenario) or they've not worked with a licensed GC to get the rehab figures dialed in and accurate (we are not going to fund based on "bro-pricing" or cutting corners) or there are risk factors as part of that specific deal that we see as potential roadblocks to a quicker sale.

., "Beginning from an iron pin two hundred and twenty feet from the northeast corner of...") or making reference to a plat map (i.e., "Lot 21 of the Green Hill subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 23 at page 104.")2) In both forms of property description you'll often (but not always) see a sentence at the end of the paragraph that says "Property is known as 635 Green Street according to the present system of numbering houses in Fulton County, Georgia."

I got issues with the tenant as I have a corner property, can easily accommodate 5 cars, but with nearby properties renting rooms out, they have no room for parking, so they use spaces on the street out in front and side of my property leaving no space for my tenants.

Hello,In the 4/17/14 edition of the Wall Street Journal, this article by Sanette Tanaka appeared: The Education of the Luxury Buyer: Veteran high-end Homeowners approach the real-estate market differently than first timers.I do not have a link but their search button is in the upper-right hand corner.

Simply click the box in the upper right corner of the post!

I have heard that it is important when starting out in real estate investing to have a team of experts in your corner (Attorney, CPA, Agent, Lender, etc).