Indianapolis is a very small market in the grand scheme, but it can be well worth your time to establish relationships with brokers and wholesalers that control a majority of the deal flow within the market.

I'm getting estimates for the work on my house and the first general contractor just provided a scope with a grand total for everything, he is reputable but the price is high in my opinion and I have no clue which items are costing so much (of if he is just expensive for everything ) since he didnt break it down.

Was visiting a friend's restaurant downtown last year and while walking and discovering the area, I came across this 2 story store-front conversion to a town-house/loft hybrid.... can't see the baby grand piano on the ground floor, but it's definitely there....

Anyone have any investor friendly portfolio lenders in the Grand Rapids area? 

We would like to see if the Seller of your Condo... since we gave him a very good offer... would allow....... if we get mortgage approval for this loan and we put the utilities into the new Buyers name....... if we could start moving into Grand Harbour the last 15 days of June so we could be out of our house by July 1st and don't have to move belongings twice."

Can someone tell me how much money i should have in my bank account before i start flipping homes because 10 grand isn't going to do it .

Ain't REO's grand?  

I am a science teacher from the Rio Grande Valley and I am looking to build a knowledge base in real estate investment.

@Julie Fagan - I'm from Grand Rapids, MI - yes you can do cash for keys - have them sign a quit claim - it has to have specific language in the deed in order for most title companies to want to insure it. 

My first RE deal (also my last 'deal', was an attempted fix-and-flip that due to my youth and ignorance lost me almost 100 grand and pretty much wiped me out.