Stay in the habit of setting aside for those two expenses!

Home inspection found (probable) asbestos (less than 3 square feet) in non-habitable 4' crawl area/basement.

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Start by networking with other investors on BiggerPockets who are active in those areas, and make a habit of browsing Zillow and other platforms daily.

They will be a vital resource to you as you start to look for listings. 

When you rent a property, you are generally bound to provide a habitable property.

So, do what is needed to bring it back to a habitable condition.

I do not buy vacants, I want to make sure that there are at least people living in the property and that it is habitable. 2.

People don't like to talk about this in real estate investing circles, but it's vital to your mindset.

The only way he finally agreed to show the property is my buyer’s agent indication that while I was female, I did serve in the United States Army and perhaps that softened him up abit, but sadly by then the damage had been caused and it left me wondering just how many more hoops I would have to jump through with this guy, but I decided to still push forward.I did drive by the property, great home with a few exceptions.I live barely 10 minutes from the property so had seen this property from a distance and thought it was a fairly decent property and in my opinion actually in a great location, security was the least of my concerns.Upon looking closer at the property, we did discover that one thing that a structural engineer would have a problem with is the foundation.There was clear evidence of some issues with that, so the listing price definitely does not support what is being offered and that is not based on any gender perspective.My buyer’s agent is an investor himself and has done numerous flips personally and written books on this and he showed immediate concern for the visible huge gaps in foundation, that could cause an issue with inspection.We also looked at the numbers and it just did not seem to add up, leading us to conclude that the property seems way overpriced for the condition it is in.The concern was tactfully brought up, with the intent of still moving forward but to see if he would take a lower offer to help account for the extra cost that would need to be put into making the property safely habitable.