I'm in Texas Thank you  Run background, no felonies, credit not less than 580, no evictions last 5 years, income 3x or so of the rent 

Now the new property manager has allowed these tenants on both sides to put, last I checked 5 unregistered cars on one lawn and 7 on the other side of the lawn.

Lastly, #1 is a mirage.

For example, if my duplex appraised for $250,000 and it put me in negative cash flow territory I'm doing that deal all day.A lot of folks miss that last part.

Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.

My last one took 3 weeks and cost $320 so it definitely didn't crush me.

More Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month signaled concern with cutting interest rates too soon and allowing price pressures to grow entrenched.

The last few sales codes say CD, QC, OR, OR.

Hey Francisco,In terms of avoiding paying the capital gains tax, unless you have capital losses elsewhere to offset these gains by, there is not really a good way to avoid them.

Also, if you say no financial contingency, then what happens if after I get the property under contract and present it to my investors they start back-stepping,"In one breath you say you are fix and flipping but in another mention the phrase above which tells my you are a wholesaler of a contract and not a cash buyer.I don't know why people intermix the two.The difference matters to an asset manager.If you give them a quick close,no contingencies,cash in your bank account that you control valid within the last thirty generally you can get much lower offers accepted.Now it all depends on what type of property you are going after and they type of bank or government institution involved as to how much impact a certain strategy will have.