Is it facing the noisy street,park,lake view,view of a brick wall,other tenants etc.All of this plays into factoring rents for YOUR unit.Your broker should be asking instead of "Are you interested in renting this unit?"

As such, I have been faced with a host of situations regarding ways to coax or move foreclosed owners out of properties when they'd really rather just stay for free.

I will go ahead and bare my own strategy:This is assuming the purchase price of the home is between $80k-150k...If the rehab takes 1-2 weeks we look for a $20k+If the rehab takes 2-4 weeks we look for a $30k+If the rehab takes 4 weeks+ we look for a $40k+I know this is probably a very strange strategy, but it works well for our business model.

I am in NC and been facing a delima and conflicting information.

I am new to rehabbing and wondering what more experienced rehabbers do when faced with winter conditions and a slower market through the snowy season.

Justin, One way to approach the extended lease term that gets you through to next summer is to stop by and talk to your tenants face to face.

I got a mentor shortly after starting which really helped out with my lack of experience at that time.The real world experience is so very important.Going at it by yourself without a guide/mentor, you just don't know if you are making mistakes until after you make them and they smack you in the face (or usually in the wallet)

The retail short sale success rate here is 13% which means they leave 87% of people to face foreclosure anyway.

Kitchen has good water, bathroom sink (below kitchen) has good pressure, tub shower/spout barely has any at all...even at full blast.

This is the dilemma I've faced within the American education system.