In short:  Make sure you do as much of your homework, and setup your criteria before you start to list your first property for sale.Best of luck!

(this is important if you do need a short term loan to purchase then refinance out - and the answer should be 1 day...very important that it is 1 day on title is all that is needed to refinance) What is my minimum down payment required?

Ironically, the leak was discovered by the potential buyer's home inspector a few days later.

In short, I am looking for general comments on what is seen nationally for a $1,392,000 purchase.

With zero dollars in it, after being paid back, my CoC ROI is huge because of a $0 base.Can anyone name a reputable short-term lender that will loan to a flipper? 

I have an Approved FHA short sale in Bakersfield California, looking for an investor to make an offer.

If the lender agrees, they may take a short payoff or the arrears portion and then you make payments.  

Assuming cash flow on the two and possibly a 3rd property you could rapidly be on your way to a 4th property in short order!

There were few/no original construction duplexes in the area so short of doing a rehab into a duplex you're looking at new construction and I haven't seen any developers doing new construction duplexes in those areas.

I've been doing alot research on the Heloc strategy but I keep coming up short on the answers I'm looking for.