Thanks all for the warm welcome! 

I will take your advice to heart and start focusing more on partners than properties for now

I hope you find something, my heart goes out to you.

-you need to make the stock/units tough/reliable/nice at the same time (tough and reliable means less maintenance headaches later down the road)-you need to standardize your units (paint/faucets/vanity/cabinets/etc etc)-you need to have contacts with all major new/used appliances stores/dealers in the area-the way to a woman's heart is nice bathrooms and kitchens!

The warm and fuzzy feeling can go away very quickly at the first sign of a problem.At the end of the day, you are probably less likely to be scammed by a private lender (local person), but instead deal with somebody who is chasing yield and is unprofessional, nervous, slow, and knows just enough to be dangerous.

The snow will turn to ice and stay for weeks until the weather warms for many days to thaw that ice.

People will look at you as a professional, if you have knowledge, your a straight shooter and you have Their best interest at heart, not because your business card says LLC.Over time you can have all that, but I say start marketing, networking and learning your market like a hungry animal today!

I'm sure a lot of the scammers would be found right in the heart of the metro atlanta area but at the same time there is a huge market out here.

My heart is pounding, I have to remember to breathe.

Profit margins have risen to an average of $61,000 per flip, versus only $19,000 during the heart of the recession in 2009 (the article defined these profit margins as 'the difference between the housing value when the investor purchases the home and when it is sold,' so this is somewhat disingenuous since it doesn't appear to take into account the costs of the flip)Given that BP is the biggest and best forum to discuss this, I think it's worth having a discussion about the pros and cons mentioned in this article, and what we expect to happen next.A few food for thought questions i'm wondering if anyone is interesting in discussing:Do you think we're headed toward another correction in the housing market?