For now, I set up automatic transfer to a savings account for capex.

One thing to note, we were looking at buying a property abutting up to one we already own and our lawyer advised that if you buy two properties next to each other they automatically join up and then you have to go through the severance process to split them up again.

Sometimes that will automatically go when you reach 78% of the value that was used when you got the loan.

I'm glad to hear the asbestos isn't an automatic deal-breaker. 

I read that PMI drops off automatically when you reach 78% of the debt to equity ratio but was recently told that this would not be the case and I would be paying PMI for the life of the loan since I refinanced into new FHA guidelines in 2013.I recently received an offer in the mail to refinance out of my 225k FHA loan into a conventional loan at 4.375% interest.

The automatic coverage for newly purchased property isn't the best way to cover a home you plan to flip.

Got a couple of rehabbed properties I'm marketing and would love to allow prospective buyers to text a number and receive a property flyer automatically to their phones via text.

i agree with bit and pieces of the reponses. angie's list is paid and they pay to eliminate the bad feedback. so i dont use it.craiglist, i got a lot of junk, but it's the lowest price, which i like.calling stores - it works and i get good work, but i dont tell them who reffered me or else the quote is automatically higher.REIA - every single time the quote is higher when they find out that another investor is referring them.seth got it right - you have to have a constant supply of fresh contractors becuase they start charging more and more on each job or their quality goes down. i keep a spreadsheet and need to update with new contacts very often. it's the nature of the business.

It's a family neighborhood and many of the neighbors I've spoke with express concern over the dogs since they've been allowed to moved in.Hopefully an eviction can be avoided but I suspect he's going to have a hard time finding a new place for them too.Thanks for weighing in Jerry, looks like I cannot automatically separate the dogs from the eviction process.

Barrier of entry is always high in the Peninsula, but once you get on the train, it is pretty much automatic and crash resistance.