First if you have to show a house to a family , you are prepared .

Direct all activity and units go vacant to prepare the units for new occupancy10.)

Hello All,I am currently preparing to jump into my first deal.

In my case, the two properties I prepared this for turned out to be blahhh and upon seeing the inside with my construction partner we didn't end up wanting them, but I had the packets and pre-approval letters nonetheless.

You have to prepare the site for the home with a good base.  

I was recently prepared to put a 1BR on the market for $1895, until my mgr. caught wind of it and said to offer it at $1,995. 

First of all, attempting to hoodwink or mislead the seller gives all of us a bad name.Second of all, you need to be prepared to close on the property yourself if you can't find a assignee. 

I (John) am a veteran, so funding shouldn't be an issue, but we are taking a very conservative route and building our business plan to cover anything we can thing of to help better be prepared when it's time to jump. 

I'm trying to be pro active and trying to prepare for the worst.

Be prepared to pay for it though, most good contractors don't like giving bids to investors for houses that haven't closed yet.