I also don't think he quite makes it clear how challenging it can be to put his principles into practice.

I'm meeting with a local commercial lender this Friday to discuss what they have to offer.My question is, based on current lending practices, what would most likely be our best option for property acquisition?

My husband's work took him away often, so practices, games, piano lessons, PTA, dinner, homework, etc., were my responsibility -- but most buyers wanted to meet evenings or weekends.

It sounds like one of the biggest areas someone new to wholesaling can make mistakes in and be in a losing situation is wrongfully evaluating the ARV of a property they put on contract.Clearly with time and practice it will be easier to be able to valuate a property and know what the ARV is.

Attorneys advertise in the yellow pages as to what areas of law they practice, just call them.

If it is painted and that old you may have to use lead safe practices.

Hey Nik Parks also from the NYC area (harlem), also a newbie but more than happy to meet up and start to learn or even do some deal analysis for practice if there are some like minded individuals.

Simultaneously I'd talk to a local commerical bank and say 'I have a duplex on Staten Island that I want to buy but I need a few bucks to buy out my relative.

In practice, this means a cap of $40 - $50 before the Tenant could contact the Rentalsman and claim we were being unreasonably heavy-handed.

It would be kind of fun to take a sledge hammer to the place, or practice some side kicks on walls and doors before having it torn down lol!