It was a REO and extremely distressed.

Recently used Lily Ann cabinets for a flip, and was extremely happy with quality for the price.

A fellow BP investor, Account Closed, Sean Jones, and Dhru Das and I went to three different properties with Aaron and Sean as they guided us through the process of evaluating the property, determining what sort of rehab would be necessary to produce a desired ARV - extremely insightful experience.We decided that a property that will need a gut rehab but is lower in cost will provide the best margin.  

REI is about buying right, if you always buy at market value then being a successful real estate investor will be extremely difficult.

Finding a property w/ a monthly rent of 1.5% of purchase price + rehab within a half hour of my town is extremely difficult.  

I use ACV policies with Shelter Insurance and they are extremely reasonable.

Any landlord renting to a individual receiving welfare is taking a extremely high risk.

I went where everyone recommends you go when you’re starting out in real estate: my family.My parents are middle class, have a paid off house, substantial savings, and are both employed; however, they are extremely conservative financially, so I wasn’t sure how it would go.

Can also do this again on backpage but would definitely word it extremely different as to not seem like a scam (on different days as well).

So it's very conceivable (and has happened to me) that extremely pertinent information about a property (such as the presence of open, still-accuring violations) will only be obtainable by doing a records request at the municipality level.