You wasted their time (in their opinion) by not being able to perform on your end.c) This is a business... 

The Florida Panhandle (Panama City Beach, Destin, 30a)  has stellar performance, without having to worry about the rules and regulations that the larger cities might put in place against STR.

So, you need to look at every property even if the numbers first appear to bad and then stretch out the numbers with rent increases, appreciation that results from rent increases and do your numbers over a 5, 10, 20 and 30 year period.

We used Mike Ossman (Mossman inspections) for a 1950s fourplex that had some pretty extensive repairs and updates needed.

Lock it, blast it, and hope is not a good business practice and this advice likely violates RE licensing laws in the state.To be a successful wholesaler or to successfully wholesale a deal, one must add value and one must perform the transaction legally.

PRICE ESCALATIONIn the event of significant delay or price increase of material occurring during the performance of thecontract through no fault of the Contractor, the contract sum, time of performance, and contractrequirements shall be equitably adjusted by change order in accordance with the procedures of thecontract documents.

This is to prepare you for market fluctuations and look at how an investment would perform in a market crash scenario and test your ability to withstand vacancies, lower rents, or a decrease in home values.

I closed on a 3/2 SFH fixer-upper in Columbus, OH on 6/10 and signed a contract w/ a contractor on 6/13. My agent recommended him and said he can get the mostly cosmetic rehab work done in 45 days (which is in the con...

I have been an agent for 18 years and have extensive experience processing short sales and Probates, and I am conformable with cold calling and door knocking. 

You need to learn how to do all the math for real estate and there is a book called '50 Real Estate Investing Calculations' that every real estate investor should have, but the serious problem with every book is not one book explains how the value of properties increase when rents are increased and how to stretch the numbers out 5, 10, 20 and 30 years.