The front end due diligence is the most time consuming and difficult part, but provides a relatively straightforward path to income or capital gain.

I found a great house, well a shell but in a good area friend relative house.There is some money owned to the NJ Tax and a small mortgage.

A gentlemen (I think he may have been a friend or a relative) got out of the vechile and started screaming saying "where is that f***** a*****." 

I'm relatively  new to real estate.

Hello REI's, Im David Pitman.Im a relatively new member and Im looking for connections in the Colorado Springs/Denver Area.I wear several "hats" in this industry.Im a contractor in Colorado but have Licenses for "Public" Insurance Adjusting in TX,KS,NE, & MO. ( I only work for property owners, NOT Insurance Companies)Commercial/Residential restoration and damage appraisals are my specialties.Im looking for connections with investors that need these services.

If Florida is anything similar to its northern neighbor (Georgia), you can probably build for as low as $60/sf if you're your own GC, if you don't have to spend a fortune on utility hook-ups and if permit costs are relatively low.We build with mid-level finishes in the low-$60s/sf in Atlanta...

This is just another negotiation related to the property, so treat it like that.

While it's relatively safer to take someone with me to look at property, it's not that case with furniture at my own property.

Escrow for a 203B can only be used for weather related repairs.

There will also have to be seasonal maintenance activities such as cleaning of the gutters, emptying water out of the sprinkler systems, etc. to eliminate some of the weather related issues.