That being said its not impossible I would stay away from certain areas like south empire, and bar view.

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To get the big picture view of investing and fixing houses all you have to do is to go on TV and watch all the Home Improvement shows and the Flip this House shows and the Decorating shows and the Real Estate Sale shows.

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I drove by a house yesterday that had a FMV of 115k and looked nice on the Google Street view.

I have 9 properties scheduled to view this weekend... fingers crossed!

RE expense aren't looked at the same way a for profit would view it.  

Most people appreciate an inside look of how banks view the real estate portfolios and most of my small loan focus in banking has been assisting local fix and flip projects.Ive been investing in real estate for several years. 

good luck with it.. when we logged we had two types of show's One was a real estate cut.. the other was Max revenue cut.real estate cut was strategic to create home site view corridors  establish skids roads were the access for home site or home sites would go....

Most large banks will not view a self-employed person favorably.