I did not like it the idea that there was no way to have a private conversation there and trully something smell very bad on him.

That way if my rental rates are off, this buys me time to do some due dilligence and the time for my contractor to look over the property and get me a quote.I have only had to back out of a contract once based on the clause.For a newbie, it may not be a bad idea to have a bit of a safety net.

I got to chase down bad guys.

On the second one the old roof didn't need to be stripped, no bad decking or sheetrock.

I do a google search first which weeds out the really bad one.

She gets a nice chunk of change even after commission and tax despite her bad financial decisions, and I take on a property that needs repairs in a depreciating market.

I have a long time to really sort this out and think of a strategy but I figured this wouldn't be a bad place to start!

Plus a large minority population that got stuffed into really, really bad mortgages.

There are areas here that are just fine, as I can personally can vouch for.Just for s**ts and giggles I looked at some properties in my old zipcode 60657 and was first of all astounded at the prices, but did notice that the ratio of taxes were not as bad in comparison to Champaign where I was looking.As far as comparison of zipcodes I certainly took notice of the difference between my old zip and the one where my aunt is 60647.

I always looked at what was time effective for me to do, and how good or bad I would feel about the result versus the cost.