Please reply with anyone you've worked with and was happy with their results in the following areas of work:Framer carpenter (I need a wall cut out to create a counter top bar between kitchen & dining room)Kitchen/Bath Cabinets (refinished on one wall & new ones installed on the other)Tile (shower surround and kitchen back splash)Granite Counter top installationPainter (paint full 2 br/bth condo, all walls & ceilings, framework, & possibly fireplace and cabinets)I appreciate your help in advance!

Since you're in Florida, I assume you're making offer using the FAR/BAR As-Is.You can make a cash offer (assuming you have the cash and proof of funds to back it up), but still reserve the right to finance a portion of it. 

I've found that knowing and networking within the local RE scene is important.  

Mahalia Kennedy with Appalachian Realty is excellent- fairly new on the scene, but backed up by some 20+ year investors who mentor her, and the only realtor I've ever worked with who returns calls and emails and hasn't yet made a major mistake on a contract. 

Sadly, with the plethora of new note investors on the scene, they are bidding those up to 60 cents on the dollar and guaranteeing they will lose money if they have to FC and try to sell it, only a rehabber will buy it for what they paid, or less.....

Hi everyone, my wife and I are new to the whole real estate investing scene but is something we're planning for in the coming years.

There are a bunch of bars restaurants and other businesses on Bridge Street.

I believe we will have a robust market for a few more years barring any external events that affect us as a nation. 

I asked him what he thought of the neighborhood--he told me he wouldn't let his 2yr old daughter come through it.3) One of the mid-flips we visited turned out to be a robbery in progress (the PM astutely noted that previous work that had been completed was now just about undone by neighborhood thugs--she had to call her construction team to get on the scene)4) Upon leaving Indy, I told Clayton and his team I was interested in only his B properties (none of which I got to see) and could they send me some to look at.

But if you buy a building of all studios and 1 bedroom apartments then your renters will more likely be young singles and couples who will want to be near work, restaurants, bars and other entertainment.