I will post the before and after pictures, hopefully it can help anyone starting this journey, we are new investing out of state but NOT new to handlining construction project out of state for clients, looking forward to the challenge!!!!

Checkout the ZipFinder feature in vestmap where you can choose your criteria - growth, income, median home price and use it to narrow down potential areas.

It's BPC, but with the right house, the seller can pay that plus the closing costs.

You do not and can not toss a general rehab number based on sq ft at houses.

Investor and house hacker myself.The deal you're being offered from what i can tell seems like a steal.. 0% down no PMI?

There can be a lot of details to this, and one can easily get lost in the details but pull-back and keep vision of the fundamentals as it really is rather simple. 

However, I don't see them getting a lot of traction if they have no photos unless they have other properties they can at least reference.

The broker I'm working with, mentioned that any company can cancel any policy within 30 days of approval and that any premiums paid will be refunded, but my main concern is to get a policy in place for this property.

Eager to learn about RE tax write-offs, how to document/keep up with expenses, what can be written off, etc. at this point...However, the 3 RE focused CPA's I've visited with want $5,000 annually for a couple hour sessions a year and a few recorded classes and other resources, which does not include tax preparation. 

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provide support for the property tax appeals process.